Summary
USN-4038-1 fixed a vulnerability in bzip2. The update introduced a regression causing
bzip2 to incorrect raises CRC errors for some files.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Fixed packages 2
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS | bzip2 | 1.0.6-8ubuntu0.2 |
| Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS | bzip2 | 1.0.6-8.1ubuntu0.2 |
References
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report
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1834494