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Ubuntu 19.04 LTS: USN-4087-1 Moderate: BWA Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 6, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-4090-1 addresses the XYZ flaw which could result in system instability or unauthorized actions.
BWA could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update code execution ubuntu bwa

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

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August 06, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update code execution ubuntu bwa

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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