CVE-2009-1884

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    CVE-2009-1884

    Published: 19 Aug 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs in the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module before 2.018 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers a buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2009-1391.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/36386, http://secunia.com/advisories/36415, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36082, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518278, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281955, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52628, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00982.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00999.html

    Affected packages

    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