CVE-2009-1884

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1884
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-19 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 01:17:00 UTC
DescriptionOff-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs in the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module before 2.018 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers a buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2009-1391.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.00_10 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.00_12 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.00_14 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.01 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.02 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.03 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.05 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.06 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.08 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.09 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.010 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.011 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.012 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.014 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.015 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.00_10 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.00_12 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.00_14 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.01 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.02 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.03 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.05 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.06 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.08 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.0.09 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.010 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.011 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.012 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.014 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 2.015 All All All
Application Bzip Compress-raw-bzip2 All All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All
Application Perl Perl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.020-1.fc10 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Fedora update for perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2 - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
'Compress::Raw::Bzip2' Perl Module Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.020-1.fc11 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Perl Compress::Raw modules: Denial of Service GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Gentoo Bug 281955 - <perl-core/Compress-Raw-Bzip2-2.020: Off-by-one buffer overflow (CVE-2009-1884) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
518278 – (CVE-2009-1884) CVE-2009-1884 perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2: Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function - DoS (crash) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE-2009-1884 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Perl Compress::Raw::Bzip2 Module Off-by-One Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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