USN-4857-1

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / bwa

Package

Name: bwa
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/bwa?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.7.12-5ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.12-4

0.7.12-5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bwa",
            "binary_version": "0.7.12-5ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4857-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}