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Package "bzip2-doc"

Name: bzip2-doc

Description:

high-quality block-sorting file compressor - documentation
Latest version: 1.0.8-5ubuntu0.1
Release: jammy (22.04)
Level: updates
Repository: main
Head package: bzip2
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/bzip2/

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Version: 1.0.8-5ubuntu0.1 2026-08-31 09:07:35 UTC

bzip2 (1.0.8-5ubuntu0.1) jammy-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds write
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-42250.patch: bzip2recover: Make sure to not
      process more than BZ_MAX_HANDLED_BLOCKS in bzip2recover.c.
    - CVE-2026-42250

 -- Shishir Subedi Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:51:50 +0545
CVE-2026-42250 bzip2 contains an off‑by‑one error in the bzip2recover utility. When processing a specially crafted file, the application performs an out‑of‑bounds w


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