Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 11.0 / 12.0 / 8.1 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : bzip2 (SSA:2008-098-02)

New bzip2 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix a DoS issue. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2008-098-02. The...

Fedora 7 : bzip2-1.0.4-11.fc7 (2008-3037)

This update fixes bzip2 denial of service crash on malformed archives - CVE-2008-1372, 438118. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possibl...

Fedora 8 : bzip2-1.0.4-13.fc8 (2008-2970)

This update fixes bzip2 denial of service crash on malformed archives - CVE-2008-1372, 438118. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possibl...

[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: bzip2-1.0.4-11.fc7

Bzip2 is a freely available, patent-free, high quality data compressor. Bzip2 compresses files to within 10 to 15 percent of the capabilities of the best techniques available. However, bzip2 has the added benefit of being approximately two times faster at compression and six times faster at...

[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: bzip2-1.0.4-13.fc8

Bzip2 is a freely available, patent-free, high quality data compressor. Bzip2 compresses files to within 10 to 15 percent of the capabilities of the best techniques available. However, bzip2 has the added benefit of being approximately two times faster at compression and six times faster at...

[slackware-security] bzip2

New bzip2 packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0, and -current to fix a DoS issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE database: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2008-1372 Here are the details from the...

GLSA-200804-02 : bzip2: Denial of Service

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200804-02 bzip2: Denial of Service The Oulu University discovered that bzip2 does not properly check offsets provided by the bzip2 file, leading to a buffer overread. Impact : Remote attackers can entice a user or automated system...

bzip2: Denial of service

Background bzip2 is a free and open source lossless data compression program. Description The Oulu University discovered that bzip2 does not properly check offsets provided by the bzip2 file, leading to a buffer overread. Impact Remote attackers can entice a user or automated system to open a...

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : bzip2 vulnerability (USN-590-1)

It was discovered that bzip2 did not correctly handle certain malformed archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted bzip2 archive, applications linked against libbz2 could be made to crash, possibly leading to a denial of service. Note that Tenable...

USN-590-1: bzip2 vulnerability

It was discovered that bzip2 did not correctly handle certain malformed archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted bzip2 archive, applications linked against libbz2 could be made to crash, possibly leading to a denial of service...

rPSA-2008-0118-1 bzip2

rPath Security Advisory: 2008-0118-1 Published: 2008-03-21 Products: rPath Linux 1 rPath Appliance Platform Linux Service 1 Rating: Minor Exposure Level Classification: Indirect Deterministic Denial of Service Updated Versions: bzip2=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/1.0.4-1.1-1 rPath Issue Tracking System:...

FreeBSD : bzip2 -- crash with certain malformed archive files (063399fc-f6d6-11dc-bcee-001c2514716c)

SecurityFocus reports : The 'bzip2' application is prone to a remote file-handling vulnerability because the application fails to properly handle malformed files. Exploit attempts likely result in application crashes. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

CVE-2008-1372

bzlib.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...

CVE-2008-1372

bzlib.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...

Buffer overflow

bzlib.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...

CVE-2008-1372

bzlib.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...

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1372

bzlib.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...

CVE-2008-1372

CVE-2008-1372 affects bzip2: the buffer over-read vulnerability exists in the decompression routine of libbz2 prior to version 1.0.5, allowing a user-assisted remote attacker to trigger a crash via a crafted archive. The issue is a denial-of-service on vulnerable targets when processing malformed...

CVE-2008-1372

bzlib.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...

bzip2 -- crash with certain malformed archive files

SecurityFocus reports: The 'bzip2' application is prone to a remote file-handling vulnerability because the application fails to properly handle malformed files. Exploit attempts likely result in application crashes...