Upstream information
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").SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Resolved
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
| National Vulnerability Database | |
|---|---|
| Base Score | 5 |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
SUSE Security Advisories:
- SUSE-SR:2005:015, published Tue, 07 Jun 2005 12:00:00 +0000
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:14:50 2013CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:12:19 2023