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").
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/ ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15447 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27274 ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749 ↗
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html ↗
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19183 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html ↗
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1 ↗