CVE-2005-1260 Information

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).

Reference

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/15447 http://secunia.com/advisories/19183 http://secunia.com/advisories/27274 http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741 http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10700 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A749 https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/