ALAS2-2021-1652


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1652
Advisory Release Date: 2021-06-16 20:37 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-06-22 21:41 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

BZ2_decompress in decompress.c in bzip2 through 1.0.6 has an out-of-bounds write when there are many selectors. (CVE-2019-12900)


Affected Packages:

bzip2


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update bzip2 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    bzip2-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    bzip2-devel-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    bzip2-libs-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
    bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.aarch64

i686:
    bzip2-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.i686
    bzip2-devel-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.i686
    bzip2-libs-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.i686
    bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.i686

src:
    bzip2-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.src

x86_64:
    bzip2-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    bzip2-devel-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    bzip2-libs-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
    bzip2-debuginfo-1.0.6-13.amzn2.0.3.x86_64