CVE-2016-3189 Affecting libbz2-1 package, versions <1.0.6-5.3.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.42% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBBZ21-2754776
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed3 Jul 2019

Introduced: 3 Jul 2019

CVE-2016-3189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 libbz2-1 to version 1.0.6-5.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libbz2-1 package and not the libbz2-1 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted bzip2 file, related to block ends set to before the start of the block.

References

CVSS Scores

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