UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29415

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-29415
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29415.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29415
Upstream
Published
2023-04-06T05:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:56:14Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.3.0. A denial of service (process hang) can occur with a crafted archive because bzip3 does not follow the required procedure for interacting with libsais.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / bzip3

Package

Name
bzip3
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bzip3@1.4.0-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.1-1
1.3.2-1
1.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "bzip3",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbzip3-0",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libbzip3-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.4.0-1"
        }
    ]
}