usn-4038-3
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-07-04 13:41
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
bzip2 regression
Details

USN-4038-1 fixed a vulnerability in bzip2. The update introduced a regression causing bzip2 to incorrect raises CRC errors for some files.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "USN-4038-1 fixed a vulnerability in bzip2. The update introduced a regression causing\nbzip2 to incorrect raises CRC errors for some files.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files.\n An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\n",
  "id": "USN-4038-3",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:37Z",
  "published": "2019-07-04T13:41:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4038-3"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://launchpad.net/bugs/1834494"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "bzip2 regression",
  "upstream": []
}



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