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    CVE-2008-1372

    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.

    Published:Mar 18, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Mar 18, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.07739
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Bzip
    Product
    Bzip2
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28286http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28286

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    References

    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc
    http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006982
    http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007198
    http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007504
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29410
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29475
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29497
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29506
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29656
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29677
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29698
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29940
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31204
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31869
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31878
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-40.xml
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241786-1
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0118
    http://www.bzip.org/CHANGES
    http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
    http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-02.xml
    http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/813451
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:075
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0893.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489968/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28286
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020867
    http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.473263
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0915
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2557
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=146488&action=view
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41249
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10067
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6467
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/590-1/
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00165.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00225.html
    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc
    http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006982
    http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007198
    http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007504
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29410
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29475
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29497
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29506
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29656
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29677
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29698
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29940
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31204
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31869
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31878
    http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-40.xml
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241786-1
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0118
    http://www.bzip.org/CHANGES
    http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
    http://www.ee.oulu.fi/research/ouspg/protos/testing/c10/archive/
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-02.xml
    http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/813451
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:075
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0893.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489968/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28286
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020867
    http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.473263
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-218A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0915
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2557
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2172
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=146488&action=view
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41249
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10067
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6467
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/590-1/
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00165.html
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00225.html

    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