USN-4038-4: bzip2 regression
Severity
Medium
Vendor
Canonical Ubuntu
Versions Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu 14.04
Description
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.
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Original advisory details:
It was discovered that bzip2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2016-3189, CVE-2019-12900
Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
- Cloud Foundry BOSH trusty-stemcells are vulnerable, including:
- 3586.x versions prior to 3586.144
- 3541.x versions prior to 3541.138
- 3468.x versions prior to 3468.145
- All other stemcells not listed.
Mitigation
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow one of the mitigations below:
- The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following BOSH trusty-stemcells:
- Upgrade 3586.x versions to 3586.144
- Upgrade 3541.x versions to 3541.138
- Upgrade 3468.x versions to 3468.145
- All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.