USN-4038-1

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    USN-4038-1

    Published: 26 Jun 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: bzip2 vulnerabilities

    Details: Aladdin Mubaied discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-3189) It was discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12900)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4038-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3189, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12900

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bzip2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    1.0.6-8

    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