Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : bzip2 regression (USN-4038-3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 126503

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4038-3 advisory.

USN-4038-1 fixed a vulnerability in bzip2. The update introduced a regression causing bzip2 to incorrect raises CRC errors for some files.

We apologize for the inconvenience.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected bzip2, libbz2-1.0 and / or libbz2-dev packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4038-3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 126503

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4038-3.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/5/2019

Updated: 10/29/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbz2-1.0, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbz2-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:bzip2

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2019

Reference Information

USN: 4038-3