Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2012-2098

high Nessus Plugin ID 217654

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing stream (BZip2CompressorOutputStream) in Apache Commons Compress before 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file with many repeating inputs. (CVE-2012-2098)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 217654

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2012_2098.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2098

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-bcel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-commons-net, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-jsch, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-jdepend, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-junit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-log4j, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-antlr, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-nodeps, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-swing, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-manual, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-commons-logging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-scripts, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-regexp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-resolver, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-jmf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-bsf, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-trax, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-javamail, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-apache-oro, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ant-javadoc, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2098

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