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Red Hat: RHSA-2008:0893-01 moderate: bzip2 buffer over-read

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Calendar Grey September 16, 2008
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Revised lz4 packages address a significant security vulnerability in CentOS, enhancing the security of data compression processes.
Updated bzip2 packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by...

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

Bzip2 is a freely available, high-quality data compressor. It provides both stand-alone compression and decompression utilities, as well as a shared library for use with other programs.
A buffer over-read flaw was discovered in the bzip2 decompression routine. This issue could cause an application linked against the libbz2 library to crash when decompressing malformed archives. (CVE-2008-1372)
Users of bzip2 should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat moderate severity buffer over-read bzip2

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1372 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 :
Source:
i386: bzip2-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.i386.rpm bzip2-devel-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.i386.rpm bzip2-libs-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.i386.rpm
ia64: bzip2-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.ia64.rpm bzip2-devel-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.ia64.rpm bzip2-libs-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1:
Source:
ia64: bzip2-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.ia64.rpm bzip2-devel-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.ia64.rpm bzip2-libs-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1:
Source:
i386: bzip2-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.i386.rpm bzip2-devel-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.i386.rpm bzip2-libs-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1:
Source:
i386: bzip2-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.i386.rpm bzip2-devel-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.i386.rpm bzip2-libs-1.0.1-5.EL2.1.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
Source:
i386: bzip2-1.0.2-12.EL3.i386.rpm bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.2-12.EL3.i386.rpm bzip2-devel-1.0.2-12.EL3.i386.rpm bzip2-libs-1.0.2-12.EL3.i386.rpm
ia64: bzip2-1.0.2-12.EL3.ia64.rpm bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.2-12.EL3.i386.rpm bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.2-12.EL3.ia64.rpm bzip2-devel-1.0.2-12.EL3.ia64.rpm bzip2-libs-1.0.2-12.EL3.i386.rpm bzip2-libs-1.0.2-12.EL3.ia64.rpm
ppc: bzip2-1.0.2-12.EL3.ppc.rpm bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.2-12.EL3.ppc.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2008:0893-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0893.html
Issue date: 2008-09-16

Topic

Updated bzip2 packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat moderate severity buffer over-read bzip2

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 - i386, ia64

Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 - ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 - i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

438118 - CVE-2008-1372 bzip2: crash on malformed archive file

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