DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1372

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1372

    Published: 18 Mar 2008Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-1372

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1372

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bzip2

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/bzip2?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.0.5-0.1

    Affected versions

    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