bzip2 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:13657

Info

bzip2 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13657
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2005-1260
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 17 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 30 2008 11:51PM
Credit: The discoverer of this issue is currently unknown.
Vulnerable: Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
Turbolinux Home
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8
+ Linux kernel 2.4.21
+ Linux kernel 2.4.19
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
SuSE Linux Openexchange Server
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
SuSE Linux 8.0
SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
SuSE Linux 7.3
SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.1
SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.0
SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.4
SuSE Linux 6.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.3 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.3
SuSE Linux 6.2
SuSE Linux 6.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.1
SuSE Linux 6.0
SuSE Linux 5.3
SuSE Linux 5.2
SuSE Linux 5.1
SuSE Linux 5.0
SuSE Linux 4.4.1
SuSE Linux 4.4
SuSE Linux 4.3
SuSE Linux 4.2
SuSE Linux 4.0
SuSE Linux 3.0
SuSE Linux 2.0
SuSE Linux 1.0
Sun Solaris 9_x86
Sun Solaris 9
Sun Solaris 8_x86
Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Sun Solaris 10.0_x86
Sun Solaris 10.0
SGI ProPack 3.0 SP6
SGI ProPack 3.0 SP5
S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386
S.u.S.E. SuSE eMail Server III
S.u.S.E. SuSE eMail Server 3.1
S.u.S.E. Open-Enterprise-Server 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 7.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Office Server
S.u.S.E. Linux IMAP Server 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server for S/390 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Enterprise Server for S/390
S.u.S.E. Linux Database Server 0
S.u.S.E. Linux Connectivity Server
Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1 IA64
Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
Redhat Desktop 4.0
Redhat Desktop 3.0
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.3
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
IPCop IPCop 1.4.6
IPCop IPCop 1.4.5
IPCop IPCop 1.4.4
IPCop IPCop 1.4.2
IPCop IPCop 1.4.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE/Alpha
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE-p5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0 -RELEASE-p14
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0 alpha
FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.11 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.11 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.11 -RELEASE-p3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10 -RELEASE-p8
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.10
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9 -PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.9
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8 -RELEASE-p7
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8 -PRERELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.8
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -RELEASE-p17
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.7
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -RELEASE-p20
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.6
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -STABLEpre2002-03-07
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELEASE-p32
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4 -RELEASE-p42
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -RELEASE-p38
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -STABLEpre122300
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -STABLEpre050201
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1 -STABLE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1 -RELEASE
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0 .x
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0 -RELENG
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0 alpha
FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.0
Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.1 mips
Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
Debian Linux 3.1 arm
Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
Debian Linux 3.1
Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 3.0 mips
Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
Debian Linux 3.0 arm
Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
Debian Linux 3.0
bzip2 bzip2 1.0.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.9
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.4
Not Vulnerable: Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.11
Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11

Discussion

bzip2 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

The 'bzip2' utility is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability that arises when the application processes malformed archives.

A successful attack can exhaust system resources and trigger a denial-of-service condition.

This issue affects bzip2 1.0.2; other versions are likely vulnerable as well.

Exploit / POC

bzip2 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

bzip2 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the referenced vendor advisories for details on obtaining and applying fixes.


Sun Solaris 10.0

Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition

IPCop IPCop 1.4.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64

Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0

Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.10

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.4.4

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0

FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.11 -RELEASE-p3

FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.3

FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.4 -RELENG

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