USN-4500-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4500-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4500-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4500-1

Related

Published

2020-09-15T20:33:49.328536Z

Modified

2020-09-15T20:33:49.328536Z

Summary

bsdiff vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that bsdiff mishandled certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious file, an attacker could cause bsdiff to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / bsdiff

Package

Name: bsdiff
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/bsdiff?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.3-15+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.3-15

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3-15+deb8u1build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "bsdiff"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.3-15+deb8u1build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "bsdiff-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}