SB2016092619 - Use-after-free memory corruption in bzip2recover in bzip2 (Alpine package)
Published: September 26, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016092619
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use-after-free memory corruption in bzip2recover (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3189)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause the target application to crash.
The vulnerability exists due to an use-after-free error in bzip2recover when handling bzip2 files. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted bzip2 archive and cause the target application to crash.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will result in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=596cd15e692776222d49da2700c6041b39ffbea9
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=263042b4f11c9dbc797bdf7eef8c0ebdda9efe4a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=48ec283be13e799c70aae6c045c2c93e39d262a0
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=53b02f8b1597aabb4ec836bb5aa421e0d1f95189
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d8ead9ace841cece4ee4f90c91900ea12aecb759
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f47a9e1da5b7f33cf5d46c0541deb454729eee51
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=c6b22e221b6a7d6be255b6b15702612521e8e08e
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=dc385761f97c0fb386834ef82cfa81e881738b16
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=08b3bd3e1e80176b46e8244c261541e3ee6be512
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8c50cf10d6d200a8c2485d1267c7410b96183369
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=959573f0c685a667f17b3ca61bc12b04aecf7777