USN-4802-1: HTSlib vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 March 2021

Overview

HTSlib could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • htslib - C library for high-throughput sequencing data formats

Details

It was discovered that HTSlib incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue affected only Ubuntu
16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-1000206)

It was discovered that HTSlib incorrectly handled certain files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-13845)

It was discovered that HTSlib incorrectly handled certain data. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue affected only Ubuntu
16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-1000206)

It was discovered that HTSlib incorrectly handled certain files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-13845)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic tabix –  1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libhts2 –  1.7-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial libhts1 –  1.2.1-2ubuntu1+esm1  
tabix –  1.2.1-2ubuntu1+esm1  
14.04 trusty libhts0 –  0.2.0~rc3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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