1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-590-1

USN-590-1: bzip2 vulnerability

Publication date

24 March 2008

Overview

bzip2 vulnerability

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that bzip2 did not correctly handle certain malformed
archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing
a specially crafted bzip2 archive, applications linked against libbz2
could be made to crash, possibly leading to a denial of service.

It was discovered that bzip2 did not correctly handle certain malformed
archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing
a specially crafted bzip2 archive, applications linked against libbz2
could be made to crash, possibly leading to a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
7.10 gutsy libbz2-1.0 –  1.0.4-0ubuntu2.1
7.04 feisty libbz2-1.0 –  1.0.3-6ubuntu0.1
6.10 edgy libbz2-1.0 –  1.0.3-3ubuntu0.1
6.06 dapper libbz2-1.0 –  1.0.3-0ubuntu2.1

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