{"id":"USN-4038-1","summary":"bzip2 vulnerabilities","details":"Aladdin Mubaied discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.\nThis issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-3189)\n\nIt was discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\n(CVE-2019-12900)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:57:32.508994Z","published":"2019-06-26T12:01:55Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3189","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12900"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-3189","CVE-2019-12900","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3189","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12900"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4038-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3189"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12900"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bzip2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/bzip2@1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.0.6-8"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"bzip2"},{"binary_name":"libbz2-1.0","binary_version":"1.0.6-8ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-3189","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-2019-12900","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"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4038-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"bzip2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/bzip2@1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.0.6-8.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"bzip2","binary_version":"1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_version":"1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"libbz2-1.0"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2019-12900","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"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4038-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}