USN-4038-2: bzip2 vulnerabilities
USN-4038-2: bzip2 vulnerabilities bzip2 vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Summary Several security issues were fixed in bzip2. Software Description bzip2 – high-quality block-sorting file compressor – utilities Details USN-4038-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in bzip2. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Aladdin Mubaied discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (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) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 ESM bzip2 – 1.0.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 lib32bz2-1.0 – 1.0.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 lib64bz2-1.0 – 1.0.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 libbz2-1.0 – 1.0.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu [ more… ]