{"id":"USN-4038-3","summary":"bzip2 regression","details":"USN-4038-1 fixed a vulnerability in bzip2. The update introduced a regression causing\nbzip2 to incorrect raises CRC errors for some files.\n\nWe apologize for the inconvenience.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files.\n An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:58:12.484963Z","published":"2019-07-04T13:41:36Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2019-12900"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4038-3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://launchpad.net/bugs/1834494"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bzip2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/bzip2@1.0.6-8ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.6-8ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["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"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4038-3.json","cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"}}},{"package":{"name":"bzip2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/bzip2@1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["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"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4038-3.json","cves_map":{"cves":[],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}