CVE-2008-1372

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1372
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-03-18 21:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionbzlib.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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9 All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9.5a All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9.5b All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9.5c All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9.5d All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9_a All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9_b All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9_c All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 1.0 All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 1.0.1 All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 1.0.2 All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 1.0.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-218A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
bzip2: Denial of Service — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Slackware update for bzip2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
NetBSD update for bzip2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMware KB: ESX Server 3.0.2, Patch ESX-1006982: Security Update to the ESX Server Service Console Packages for bzip2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.vmware.com
Ubuntu update for bzip2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
VMware Knowledge Base - View Document af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.vmware.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
CERT-FI - CERT-FI and CPNI Joint Vulnerability Advisory on Archive Formats af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.fi
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Mandriva update for bzip2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: bzip2-1.0.4-13.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IPCop update for various packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Fedora update for bzip2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
bzip2 Unspecified File Handling Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IPCop 1.4.19 / 1.4.20 released :: IPCop.org :: The bad packets stop here! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ipcop.org
Gentoo update for bzip2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:200?8:011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.org
Sun Solaris update for bzip2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
bzip2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.bzip.org
VMware Knowledge Base - View Document af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.vmware.com
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Bzip2 Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Advisories:rPSA-2008-0118 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
USN-590-1: bzip2 vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
rPath update for bzip2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
bzip2 Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ee.oulu.fi
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Analog: Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: bzip2-1.0.4-11.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
APPLE-SA-2009-08-05-1 Security Update 2009-003 / Mac OS X v10.5.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Red Hat update for bzip2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
CERT Vulnerability Notes Database af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
About the security content of Security Update 2009-003 / Mac OS X v10.5.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-10-17Joshua BressersRed Hat has re-evaluated the potential impact of this flaw and has released an update which corrects this behavior: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0893.html
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