USN-4087-1: BWA vulnerability
USN-4087-1: BWA vulnerability BWA vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary BWA could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description bwa – Software package for mapping DNA sequences against a large reference genome Details It was discovered that Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA) mishandled certain crafted .alt files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 bwa – 0.7.17-3~ubuntu0.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bwa – 0.7.17-1ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2019-10269 Source: USN-4087-1: BWA [ more… ]