# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-03-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3757
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41249
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://www.bzip.org/CHANGES
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-241786-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36096
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00165.html
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498863/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2557
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31878
- http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.473263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31869
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020867
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0893.html
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007504
- http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/813451
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=146488&action=view
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007198
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-02.xml
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00225.html
- http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006982
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40

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