Out-of-bounds Write Affecting bzip2 package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 2.24% (90th percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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SUSE
8.4 high
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Red Hat
4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-BZIP2-450801
  • published 23 Jun 2019
  • disclosed 19 Jun 2019

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 bzip2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bzip2 package and not the bzip2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors.