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HistoryAug 21, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

bzip2: Denial of service

2017-08-2100:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
103

0.036 Low

EPSS

Percentile

91.6%

Background

bzip2 is a high-quality data compressor used extensively by Gentoo Linux.

Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in bzip2recover, leading to a null pointer dereference, or a write to a closed file descriptor. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted bzip2 archive using bzip2recover, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All bzip2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.6-r8"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallapp-arch/bzip2< 1.0.6-r8UNKNOWN