| Name | CVE-2018-13843 |
| Description | An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8. It is a memory leak in bgzf_getline in bgzf.c. NOTE: the software maintainer's position is that the "failure to free memory" can be fixed in applications that use the HTSlib library (such as test/test_bgzf.c in the original report) and is not a library issue |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| htslib (PTS) | jessie | 1.1-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.3.2-2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.9-12~deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.11-4 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.16+ds-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.20+ds-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| htslib | source | (unstable) | 1.9-2 | low | | |
Notes
[stretch] - htslib <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - htslib <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/731#issue-339662537