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HistoryMar 15, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

BWA vulnerability

2021-03-1500:00:00
ubuntu.com
14
bwa
ubuntu 16.04 esm
denial of service
arbitrary code
unix

CVSS2

10

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.005

Percentile

76.1%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

  • bwa - Burrows-Wheeler Aligner

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu16.04noarchbwa< 0.7.12-5ubuntu0.1~esm1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchbwa< 0.7.12-5UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchbwa-dbgsym< 0.7.12-5UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibbwa-dev< 0.7.12-5UNKNOWN

CVSS2

10

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

9.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.005

Percentile

76.1%