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bzip2 Denial of Service Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29410
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Release Date:
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2008-03-24
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Last Update:
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2008-03-25
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Popularity:
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3,702 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | bzip2 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1372
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in bzip2, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of malformed archives and can potentially be exploited to cause a DoS.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.0.5.
Solution:
Update to version 1.0.5.
http://www.bzip.org/downloads.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Oulu University Secure Programming Group
Changelog:
2008-03-24: Added CVE reference.
2008-03-25: Updates "Description" and "Criticality".
Original Advisory:
http://www.bzip.org/CHANGES
http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
Other References:
https://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
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