=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4087-1
August 06, 2019

BWA vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

BWA could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- bwa: Software package for mapping DNA sequences against a large reference genome

Details:

It was discovered that Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA) mishandled certain
crafted .alt files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a
denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
  bwa                             0.7.17-3~ubuntu0.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  bwa                             0.7.17-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4087-1
  CVE-2019-10269

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bwa/0.7.17-3~ubuntu0.19.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bwa/0.7.17-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 4087-1: BWA vulnerability

August 6, 2019
BWA could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04: bwa 0.7.17-3~ubuntu0.19.04.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: bwa 0.7.17-1ubuntu0.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4087-1

CVE-2019-10269

Severity
August 06, 2019

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bwa/0.7.17-3~ubuntu0.19.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bwa/0.7.17-1ubuntu0.1

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