CVE-2008-1372

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-03-18
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file that triggers a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.3
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 3 (bzip2)	ELSA-2008-0893	2008-09-16
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (bzip2)	ELSA-2008-0893	2008-09-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (bzip2)	ELSA-2008-0893	2008-09-16