CVE-2016-3189

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted bzip2 file, related to block ends set to before the start of the block.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 17.22% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory FreeBSD.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/1 mailing list
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036132 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91297 vdb entry third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-08 vendor advisory third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00021.html third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-2/ vendor advisory third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4038-1/ vendor advisory third party advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/22 third party advisory mailing list
https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2.asc vendor advisory third party advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/4 third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/redf17d8ad16140733b25ca402ae825d6dfa9b85f73d9fb3fd0c75d73%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r481cda41fefb03e04c51484ed14421d812e5ce9e0972edff10f37260%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6e3962fc9f6a79851f70cffdec5759065969cec9c6708b964464b301%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra0adb9653c7de9539b93cc8434143b655f753b9f60580ff260becb2b%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r19b4a70ac52093115fd71d773a7a4f579599e6275a13cfcf6252c3e3%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing list
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html third party advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319648 third party advisory issue tracking
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153644/Slackware-Security-Advisory-bzip2-Updates.html vdb entry third party advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153957/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-18.bzip2.html vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rffebcbeaace56ff1fed7916700d2f414ca1366386fb1293e99b3e31e%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f80cf3ade5bb73410643e885fe6b7bf9f0222daf3533e42c7ae240c%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4ad2ea01354e394b7fa8c78a184b7e1634d51be9bc0e9e4d7e6c9305%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1dc4c9b3bd559301bdb1557245f78b8910146efb1ee534b774c5f6af%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f7ac2bd631ccb12ced65b71ff11f94e76d05b22000795e4a7b61203%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-3189?
CVE-2016-3189 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-3189?
To fix CVE-2016-3189, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-3189 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-3189 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~17% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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