CVE-2005-1260

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bzip2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hard drive consumption) via a crafted bzip2 file that causes

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").

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.09796

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Weakness Classification

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Affected Products & Versions

bzip bzip2< 1.0.3
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
debian linuxall versions
apple mac os x< 10.4.11

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published to NVD19 May 2005 · 04:00 AM

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-127-1

rhsaRHSA-2005:474Low

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.ascBroken Link

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041Broken Link

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/15447Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19183Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27274Third Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/27643Third Party Advisory

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1Broken Link

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741Third Party Advisory

http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.htmlPermissions Required

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525Permissions Required

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868Permissions Required

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700Third Party Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/Third Party Advisory

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