UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3189

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3189

    Published: 30 Jun 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-3189

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3189, https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=146642106322396&w=2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4038-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4038-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3189

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bzip2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    1.0.6-4
    1.0.6-5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High