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CVE-2005-1260

high

Description

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").

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741

http://secunia.com/advisories/27643

http://secunia.com/advisories/27274

http://secunia.com/advisories/19183

http://secunia.com/advisories/15447

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525

http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-19

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.09796