CVE-2005-1260

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").

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.80% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory fedoralegacy.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html permissions required vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15447 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/27274 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1 vendor advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749 vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525 vdb entry permissions required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 vdb entry permissions required
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1 vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1260?
CVE-2005-1260 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1260?
To fix CVE-2005-1260, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1260 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2005-1260 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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