CVE-2009-1884
Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs in the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module before 2.018 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.59%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs in the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module before 2.018 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers a buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2009-1391.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.59% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- bzip/compress-raw-bzip2
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36386Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36415
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36082Patch
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281955
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518278
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52628
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00982.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00999.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36386Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36415
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36082Patch
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281955
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518278
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52628
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00982.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00999.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.