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[USN-590-1] bzip2 vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-590-1             March 24, 2008
bzip2 vulnerability
CVE-2008-1372
Kwetsbare Ubuntu versies:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10

Kwetsbare pakketten:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
libbz2-1.0 1.0.3-0ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 6.10
libbz2-1.0 1.0.3-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 7.10
libbz2-1.0 1.0.4-0ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 7.04
libbz2-1.0 1.0.3-6ubuntu0.1

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

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.

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