CVE-2012-2098

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Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing stream (BZip2CompressorOutputStream)

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing stream (BZip2CompressorOutputStream) in Apache Commons Compress before 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file with many repeating inputs.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.01834

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Affected Products & Versions

apache commons compress< 1.4.1

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

Maven org.apache.commons:commons-compress MODERATE fixed in 1.4.1

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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 NVD29 Jun 2012 · 07:55 PM

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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.

http://ant.apache.org/security.htmlVendor Advisory

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.htmlVendor Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.htmlThird Party Advisory

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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://osvdb.org/82161Broken Link

http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/49255Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/49286Third Party Advisory

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/3

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.htmlThird Party Advisory

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