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CVE-2023-29420

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Date: April 5, 2023

An issue was discovered in libbzip3.a in bzip3 before 1.2.3. There is a crash caused by an invalid memmove in bz3_decode_block.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.5

Related Resources (12)

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMLFV2FJK3CM7NJLVPZI5RUAFQZICPWW/

Url: https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/issues/92

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4JLSE25SV7K2NB6FTFT4UHJOJUHBHYHY/

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29420

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NA7S7HDUAINOTCSWQZ5LIW756DYY22V2/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NMLFV2FJK3CM7NJLVPZI5RUAFQZICPWW/

Url: https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/compare/1.2.2...1.2.3

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4JLSE25SV7K2NB6FTFT4UHJOJUHBHYHY/

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NA7S7HDUAINOTCSWQZ5LIW756DYY22V2/

Url: https://github.com/kspalaiologos/bzip3/commit/bb06deb85f1c249838eb938e0dab271d4194f8fa

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-29420

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2023-29420

Severity Score

6.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version bzip3 - 1.2.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

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