Arbitrary Code Execution

bzip2 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability exists as an integer overflow flaw was discovered in the bzip2 decompression routine. This issue could, when decompressing malformed archives, cause bzip2, or an application linked against the libbz2 library, to crash or,...

Scientific Linux Security Update : bzip2 on SL6.x i386/x86_64

An integer overflow flaw was discovered in the bzip2 decompression routine. This issue could, when decompressing malformed archives, cause bzip2, or an application linked against the libbz2 library, to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code. CVE-2010-0405 All running applications using the...