CVE-2012-2098

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2098
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-29 19:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:10:00 UTC
DescriptionAlgorithmic complexity vulnerability in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing stream (BZip2CompressorOutputStream) in Apache Commons Compress before 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file with many repeating inputs.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-310

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Commons-compress 1.0 All All All
Application Apache Commons-compress 1.1 All All All
Application Apache Commons-compress 1.2 All All All
Application Apache Commons-compress 1.3 All All All
Application Apache Commons-compress 1.0 All All All
Application Apache Commons-compress 1.1 All All All
Application Apache Commons-compress 1.2 All All All
Application Apache Commons-compress 1.3 All All All
Application Apache Commons-compress All All All All
Application Apache Commons Compress All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Commons Compress Security Reports CONFIRM commons.apache.org
Apache Commons Compress BZip2CompressorOutputStream() Sorting Algorithm Lets Remote or Local Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: apache-commons-compress-1.4.1-1.fc16 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Apache Ant - Apache Ant Security Reports CONFIRM ant.apache.org
20120523 [CVE-2012-2098] Apache Commons Compress and Apache Ant denial of service vulnerability BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
82161 OSVDB osvdb.org
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: plexus-archiver-2.3-1.fc18 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM Security Bulletin: Potential Security Vulnerabilities fixed in IBM WebSphere Application Server 8.0.0.7 - United States CONFIRM www-01.ibm.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - CVE-2023-42503: Apache Commons Compress: Denial of service via CPU consumption for malformed TAR file MLIST www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: apache-commons-compress-1.4.1-1.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: plexus-archiver-2.3-1.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Security Advisory SA49286 - Apache Ant Bzip2 Compression Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Apache Commons Compress / Apache Ant Denial Of Service ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.org
Apache Commons Compress and Apache Ant CVE-2012-2098 Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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