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Unscored USN-4038-4 0 CVEs

bzip2 regression

Published Jul 4, 2019 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

USN-4038-1 fixed a vulnerability in bzip2. The update introduced
a regression causing bzip2 to incorrect raises CRC errors for some
files. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM.

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 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS bzip2 1.0.6-5ubuntu0.1~esm2

References

  • report
    https://launchpad.net/bugs/1834494