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Use After Free Affecting bzip2 package, versions *

low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 3.57% (92nd percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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SUSE
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
4.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-BZIP2-1964927
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 20 Jun 2016
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Introduced: 20 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-3189 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-416 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 bzip2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bzip2 package and not the bzip2 package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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