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    CVE-2005-1260

    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").

    Published:Feb 15, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:May 19, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.09796
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apple
    Product
    Mac Os X
    Vendor
    Bzip
    Product
    Bzip2
    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    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/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/
    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/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High