Fedora 25: FEDORA-2016-e7b46c92ae Moderate: bzip2 Heap Use After Free
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January 2, 2017
CVE-2016-3189 bzip2: heap use after free in bzip2recover
Summary
Bzip2 is a freely available, patent-free, high quality data compressor.
Bzip2 compresses files to within 10 to 15 percent of the capabilities
of the best techniques available. However, bzip2 has the added benefit
of being approximately two times faster at compression and six times
faster at decompression than those techniques. Bzip2 is not the
fastest compression utility, but it does strike a balance between speed
and compression capability.
Install bzip2 if you need a compression utility.
Update Information:
CVE-2016-3189 bzip2: heap use after free in bzip2recover
Change Log
References
[ 1 ] Bug #1348179 - CVE-2016-3189 bzip2: heap use after free in bzip2recover [fedora-all]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1348179
Update Instructions
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade bzip2' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html
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Name: bzip2
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 1.0.6
Release: 21.fc25
URL: http://www.bzip.org/
Summary: A file compression utility
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