CVE-2005-1260

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1260
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-19 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-13 17:07:00 UTC
Descriptionbzip2 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").

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 All All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 4.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 4.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
APPLE-SA-2007-11-14 Mac OS X v10.4.11 and Security Update 2007-008 APPLE lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-319A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Apple Mac OS X v10.4.11 2007-008 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
200191 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
bzip2 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Sun Solaris bzip2 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
USN-127-1: bzip2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - bzip2 Decompression Denial of Service Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
The Fedora Legacy Project FEDORA www.fedoralegacy.org Permissions Required
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-741-1 bzip2 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Third Party Advisory
#200191: Two Security Vulnerabilities in the bzip2(1) Command may Allow the Permissions of Arbitrary Files to be Modified or Allow for Arbitrarily Large Files to be Created SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Permissions Required
20060301-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com Broken Link
About the security content of Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Security Update 2007-008 CONFIRM docs.info.apple.com Broken Link
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900258 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for bzip2 1.0.6
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