Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1833-1 bzip2 -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 24 Jun 2019
- Affected Packages:
- bzip2
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-3189, CVE-2019-12900.
- More information:
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Two issues in bzip2, a high-quality block-sorting file compressor, have been fixed. One, CVE-2019-12900, is a out-of-bounds write when using a crafted compressed file. The other, CVE-2016-3189, is a potential user-after-free.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.6-7+deb8u1.We recommend that you upgrade your bzip2 packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
