CVE-2005-1260
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
bzip2 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").
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15447Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19183Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27274Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27643Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1