Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 30, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-3189
CVE-2016-3189
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted bzip2 file, related to block ends set to before the start of the block.
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Affected products
25- osv-coords22 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/bzip2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/bzip2&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/bzip2&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/bzip2&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208
< 1.0.6-lp150.4.3.1+ 21 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-lp150.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-lp151.5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.8-3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.5-34.256.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.5-34.256.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.6-30.5.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
25- packetstormsecurity.com/files/153644/Slackware-Security-Advisory-bzip2-Updates.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/153957/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-18.bzip2.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/91297nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036132nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00021.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/4nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/22nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2.ascnvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-08nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4038-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4038-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/20/1nvdMailing List
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r19b4a70ac52093115fd71d773a7a4f579599e6275a13cfcf6252c3e3%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1dc4c9b3bd559301bdb1557245f78b8910146efb1ee534b774c5f6af%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r481cda41fefb03e04c51484ed14421d812e5ce9e0972edff10f37260%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4ad2ea01354e394b7fa8c78a184b7e1634d51be9bc0e9e4d7e6c9305%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f7ac2bd631ccb12ced65b71ff11f94e76d05b22000795e4a7b61203%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5f80cf3ade5bb73410643e885fe6b7bf9f0222daf3533e42c7ae240c%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6e3962fc9f6a79851f70cffdec5759065969cec9c6708b964464b301%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra0adb9653c7de9539b93cc8434143b655f753b9f60580ff260becb2b%40%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/redf17d8ad16140733b25ca402ae825d6dfa9b85f73d9fb3fd0c75d73%40%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rffebcbeaace56ff1fed7916700d2f414ca1366386fb1293e99b3e31e%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3Envd
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