Vulnerability CVE-2005-1260


Published: 2005-05-19   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
bzip2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hard drive consumption) via a crafted bzip2 file that causes an infinite loop (a.k.a "decompression bomb").

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Ubuntu -> Ubuntu linux 
BZIP -> Bzip2 

 References:
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749
https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/

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