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high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities

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general
  • source: bzip2 (main)
  • version: 1.0.8-6
  • maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar (DMD) (LowNMU)
  • uploaders: Anthony Fok [DMD] – Santiago Ruano Rincón [DMD]
  • arch: all any
  • std-ver: 4.7.0
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 1.0.8-4
  • oldstable: 1.0.8-5
  • stable: 1.0.8-6
  • testing: 1.0.8-6
  • unstable: 1.0.8-6
versioned links
  • 1.0.8-4: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1.0.8-5: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1.0.8-6: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • bzip2 (28 bugs: 0, 7, 21, 0)
  • bzip2-doc
  • libbz2-1.0 (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
  • libbz2-dev (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
action needed
1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:
  • 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 write to a global buffer, resulting in memory corruption and a crash (denial of service). This issue was fixed in bzip2 patch 35d122a3df8b0cc4082a4d89fdc6ee99f375fe67
Created: 2026-05-30 Last update: 2026-06-04 20:30
1 security issue in forky high

There is 1 open security issue in forky.

1 important issue:
  • 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 write to a global buffer, resulting in memory corruption and a crash (denial of service). This issue was fixed in bzip2 patch 35d122a3df8b0cc4082a4d89fdc6ee99f375fe67
Created: 2026-05-30 Last update: 2026-06-04 20:30
6 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 6 bugs, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-06-06 18:30
lintian reports 3 warnings normal
Lintian reports 3 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2024-03-15 Last update: 2024-03-15 04:38
1 low-priority security issue in trixie low

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2026-42250: (needs triaging) bzip2 contains an off‑by‑one error in the bzip2recover utility. When processing a specially crafted file, the application performs an out‑of‑bounds write to a global buffer, resulting in memory corruption and a crash (denial of service). This issue was fixed in bzip2 patch 35d122a3df8b0cc4082a4d89fdc6ee99f375fe67

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2026-05-30 Last update: 2026-06-04 20:30
1 low-priority security issue in bookworm low

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2026-42250: (needs triaging) bzip2 contains an off‑by‑one error in the bzip2recover utility. When processing a specially crafted file, the application performs an out‑of‑bounds write to a global buffer, resulting in memory corruption and a crash (denial of service). This issue was fixed in bzip2 patch 35d122a3df8b0cc4082a4d89fdc6ee99f375fe67

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2026-05-30 Last update: 2026-06-04 20:30
debian/patches: 7 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 7 debian patches available in version 1.0.8-6 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 7 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.
Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2024-08-20 12:21
Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist
The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.0).
Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01
news
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  • [2024-08-24] bzip2 1.0.8-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-08-19] Accepted bzip2 1.0.8-6 (source) into unstable (Santiago Ruano Rincón)
  • [2024-03-19] bzip2 1.0.8-5.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-03-19] bzip2 1.0.8-5.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-03-14] Accepted bzip2 1.0.8-5.1 (source) into unstable (Helmut Grohne)
  • [2022-09-16] Accepted bzip2 1.0.6-9.2~deb10u2 (source) into oldstable (Santiago Ruano Rincón) (signed by: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort)
  • [2021-12-05] bzip2 1.0.8-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2021-12-03] Accepted bzip2 1.0.8-5 (source) into unstable (Anthony Fok)
  • [2020-07-27] bzip2 1.0.8-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2020-07-20] Accepted bzip2 1.0.8-4 (source) into unstable (Santiago Ruano Rincón)
  • [2020-06-04] bzip2 1.0.8-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2020-05-26] Accepted bzip2 1.0.8-3 (source) into unstable (Santiago Ruano Rincón)
  • [2019-09-13] bzip2 1.0.8-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2019-09-06] Accepted bzip2 1.0.8-2 (source) into unstable (Santiago Ruano Rincón)
  • [2019-07-22] Accepted bzip2 1.0.8-1 (source) into experimental (Santiago Ruano Rincón)
  • [2019-07-20] Accepted bzip2 1.0.6-9.2~deb10u1 (source) into proposed-updates->stable-new, proposed-updates (Salvatore Bonaccorso)
  • [2019-07-18] Accepted bzip2 1.0.6-7+deb8u2 (source amd64 all) into oldoldstable (Thorsten Alteholz)
  • [2019-07-15] bzip2 1.0.6-9.2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2019-07-10] Accepted bzip2 1.0.6-9.2 (source) into unstable (Salvatore Bonaccorso)
  • [2019-06-27] bzip2 1.0.6-9.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2019-06-24] Accepted bzip2 1.0.6-9.1 (source) into unstable (Salvatore Bonaccorso)
  • [2019-06-24] Accepted bzip2 1.0.6-7+deb8u1 (source amd64 all) into oldstable (Thorsten Alteholz)
  • [2018-08-20] bzip2 1.0.6-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2018-08-14] Accepted bzip2 1.0.6-9 (source amd64 all) into unstable (Anthony Fok)
  • [2017-02-04] bzip2 1.0.6-8.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2017-01-29] Accepted bzip2 1.0.6-8.1 (source) into unstable (Ben Hutchings)
  • [2015-05-25] bzip2 1.0.6-8 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
  • [2015-05-19] Accepted bzip2 1.0.6-8 (source all) into unstable (Santiago Ruano Rincón)
  • [2014-08-06] bzip2 1.0.6-7 MIGRATED to testing (Britney)
  • [2014-07-31] Accepted bzip2 1.0.6-7 (source amd64 all) into unstable (Santiago Ruano Rincón)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 32 33
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 11
  • M&W: 21 22
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 6
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  • 17 bugs (1 patch)

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