CVE-2008-1372

bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file that triggers a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-03-18

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Bzip2 (Bzip)

References

• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006982
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007198
• http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007504
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29410
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29475
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29497
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29506
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29656
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29677
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29698
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29940
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31204
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31869
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31878
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-40.xml
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241786-1
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0118
• http://www.bzip.org/CHANGES
• http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
• http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-02.xml
• http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/813451
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:075
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0893.html