CVE-2005-1260 - CVE Reference - Advisories

CVE Reference: CVE-2005-1260

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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").

CVE Status: Candidate

References: UBUNTU http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-127-1 SUNALERT http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1 SGI SAID Secunia Advisory: SA19183 Secunia Advisory: SA15447 Secunia Advisory: SA27274 Secunia Advisory: SA27643 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html OVAL http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:749 FEDORA http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741 CONFIRM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html BID 26444 13657 APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html

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