Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-3189 is a crash bug in bzip2recover from bzip2 1.0.6. If a crafted bzip2 file is processed, the utility can hit a use-after-free condition and fail. Business impact is availability-focused, not data theft or privilege escalation based on the provided sources. Exposure is most likely on systems that include vulnerable bzip2 packages and run bzip2recover against files from external or untrusted sources. General presence of bzip2 alone does not prove reachable exposure; confirm whether bzip2recover exists and is used in workflows. Treat as routine but real availability risk. Prioritize patching on file-processing servers, shared shell environments, backup pipelines, and systems handling customer-supplied compressed files. It should not displace actively exploited or confidentiality-impacting vulnerabilities unless bzip2recover is exposed in a critical workflow. Mitigation focus: Update bzip2 packages through the operating system or distribution security channel.; Check vendor advisories for the fixed package version in each supported platform.; Restrict bzip2recover use to trusted files until systems are patched..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- GLSA-201708-08CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190624 [SECURITY] [DLA 1833-1] bzip2 security updateCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- USN-4038-2CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- USN-4038-1CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
- 20190715 [slackware-security] bzip2 (SSA:2019-195-01)CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- FreeBSD-SA-19:18CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FREEBSD
- 20190806 FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:18.bzip2CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- [kafka-dev] 20200413 [jira] [Created] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [kafka-jira] 20200413 [jira] [Created] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [kafka-jira] 20200413 [jira] [Updated] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [kafka-users] 20200413 CVEs for the dependency software guava and rocksdbjni of KafkaCVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [kafka-jira] 20200414 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1319648CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- [kafka-jira] 20210729 [jira] [Comment Edited] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [kafka-jira] 20210729 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [kafka-jira] 20210729 [jira] [Resolved] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [kafka-dev] 20210729 [jira] [Resolved] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- [kafka-jira] 20210729 [jira] [Commented] (KAFKA-9858) CVE-2016-3189 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.CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
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Use After Free
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