CVE-2019-12900 Affecting bzip2-libs package, versions <0:1.0.8-8.el9_4.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.44% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-BZIP2LIBS-9501767
  • published21 Mar 2025
  • disclosed15 Nov 2024

Introduced: 15 Nov 2024

CVE-2019-12900  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1214  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 bzip2-libs to version 0:1.0.8-8.el9_4.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:10803.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bzip2-libs package and not the bzip2-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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