USN-4038-3

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4038-3
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4038-3.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4038-3
Related
Published
2019-07-04T13:41:36.683549Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:36:33Z
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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / bzip2

Package

Name
bzip2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bzip2@1.0.6-8ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.6-8ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.6-8
1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bzip2",
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbz2-1.0",
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbz2-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / bzip2

Package

Name
bzip2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bzip2@1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.6-8.1
1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bzip2",
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbz2-1.0",
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbz2-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}