USN-4038-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4038-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4038-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4038-1
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Published
2019-06-26T12:01:55.434655Z
Modified
2025-10-16T16:46:17Z
Summary
bzip2 vulnerabilities
Details

Aladdin Mubaied discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-3189)

It was discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-12900)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / bzip2

Package

Name
bzip2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bzip2@1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.6-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "bzip2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libbz2-1.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libbz2-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "low",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2016-3189"
            },
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2019-12900"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
    }
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / bzip2

Package

Name
bzip2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bzip2@1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.6-8.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "bzip2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libbz2-1.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libbz2-dev"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific 

{
    "cves_map": {
        "cves": [
            {
                "severity": [
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                        "type": "CVSS_V3"
                    },
                    {
                        "score": "medium",
                        "type": "Ubuntu"
                    }
                ],
                "id": "CVE-2019-12900"
            }
        ],
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
    }
}