Description
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").
References (20)
Core 20
Core References
Permissions Required vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/15447
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27274
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
Permissions Required vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525
Permissions Required vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sgi
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27643
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1
Scores
EPSS
0.0615
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (6)
apple/mac_os_x
< 10.4.11
bzip/bzip2
< 1.0.3
canonical/ubuntu_linux
4.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
5.04
debian/debian_linux
3.0
debian/debian_linux
3.1
Published
May 19, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026