VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 4.52%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.52% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- bzip/bzip2
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006982
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007198
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007504
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29410
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29475
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29497
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29506
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29656
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29677
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29698
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29940
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31204
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31878
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-40.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241786-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0118
- http://www.bzip.org/CHANGES
- http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
- http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-02.xml
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/813451US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:075
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0893.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.