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RHEL 9 : bzip2 (RHSA-2025:0925)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 233458
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for bzip2.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:0925 advisory.The bzip2 packages contain a freely available, high-quality data compressor. It provides both standalone compression and decompression utilities, as well as a shared library for use with other programs.
Security Fix(es):
* bzip2: bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing (with data integrity tests fail). (CVE-2019-12900)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL bzip2 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:0925.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0925
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 233458
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-0925.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/28/2025
Updated: 3/28/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12900
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bzip2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bzip2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:bzip2-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-12900