SB20230818197 - Denial of service in bzip3

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SB20230818197 - Denial of service in bzip3

Published: August 18, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB20230818197
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Out-of-bounds write (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29416)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing untrusted input in libbzip3.a. A remote attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds write and crash the application.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29415)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in libbzip3.a. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References