Out-of-bounds Write Affecting bzip2-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.0.8-10.el9_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.98% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY9-BZIP2DEBUGINFO-9462111
  • published18 Mar 2025
  • disclosed19 Jun 2019

Introduced: 19 Jun 2019

CVE-2019-12900  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 bzip2-debuginfo to version 0:1.0.8-10.el9_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:0925.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bzip2-debuginfo package and not the bzip2-debuginfo package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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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