CVE-2016-3189

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3189
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-30 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:32:00 UTC
DescriptionUse-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bzip Bzip2 1.0.6 All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 1.0.6 All All All
Application Python Python All All All All

References

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[SECURITY] [DLA 1833-1] bzip2 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
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[kafka-jira] 20210729 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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. lists.apache.org
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Slackware Security Advisory - bzip2 Updates ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
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FreeBSD Security Advisory - FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2 ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
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Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
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oss-security - CVE-2016-3189: bzip2 use-after-free on bzip2recover MLIST www.openwall.com
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bzip2: Denial of Service (GLSA 201708-08) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Bugtraq: [slackware-security] bzip2 (SSA:2019-195-01) BUGTRAQ seclists.org
USN-4038-2: bzip2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
bzip2 '/bzip2recover.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
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USN-4038-1: bzip2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
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Bzip2 Use-After-Free Memory Error in bzip2recover Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Application to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Bugtraq: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2 BUGTRAQ seclists.org
1319648 – (CVE-2016-3189) CVE-2016-3189 bzip2: heap use after free in bzip2recover CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
FreeBSD-SA-19:18 FREEBSD security.FreeBSD.org
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Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500084 Alpine Linux Security Update for bzip2
  • 503757 Alpine Linux Security Update for bzip2
  • 671089 EulerOS Security Update for bzip2 (EulerOS-SA-2019-2560)
  • 710351 Gentoo Linux bzip2 Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability (GLSA 201708-08)
  • 900017 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for bzip2 1.0.6
  • 903363 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for bzip2 (1946)
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