- Issued:
- 2024-11-06
- Updated:
- 2024-11-06
RHSA-2024:8922 - Low: bzip2 security update
Synopsis
Low: bzip2 security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Low
Topic
An update for bzip2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
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: out-of-bounds write in function BZ2_decompress (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.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 | 8 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle | 8.10 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian | 8 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle | 8.10 | ppc64le |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 8 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle | 8.10 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 | 8 | aarch64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle | 8.10 | aarch64 |
Updated Packages
- bzip2-debugsource-1.0.6-27.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
- bzip2-debugsource-1.0.6-27.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm
- bzip2-libs-1.0.6-27.el8_10.s390x.rpm
- bzip2-debugsource-1.0.6-27.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
- bzip2-1.0.6-27.el8_10.src.rpm
- bzip2-libs-debuginfo-1.0.6-27.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
- bzip2-libs-1.0.6-27.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
- bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.6-27.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm
- bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.6-27.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
- bzip2-libs-debuginfo-1.0.6-27.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
- bzip2-debugsource-1.0.6-27.el8_10.i686.rpm
- bzip2-devel-1.0.6-27.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
- bzip2-1.0.6-27.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
- bzip2-1.0.6-27.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm
- bzip2-devel-1.0.6-27.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm
- bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.6-27.el8_10.s390x.rpm
- bzip2-1.0.6-27.el8_10.s390x.rpm
- bzip2-libs-debuginfo-1.0.6-27.el8_10.i686.rpm
- bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.6-27.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
- bzip2-1.0.6-27.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
- bzip2-debugsource-1.0.6-27.el8_10.s390x.rpm
- bzip2-devel-1.0.6-27.el8_10.s390x.rpm
- bzip2-devel-1.0.6-27.el8_10.i686.rpm
- bzip2-libs-1.0.6-27.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm
- bzip2-libs-debuginfo-1.0.6-27.el8_10.s390x.rpm
- bzip2-libs-1.0.6-27.el8_10.aarch64.rpm
- bzip2-devel-1.0.6-27.el8_10.x86_64.rpm
- bzip2-libs-debuginfo-1.0.6-27.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm
- bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.6-27.el8_10.i686.rpm
- bzip2-libs-1.0.6-27.el8_10.i686.rpm
Fixes
CVEs
References
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
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