Executive Summary

Summary
Title Sun Alert 241786 A Security Vulnerability in the bzip2(1) command may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS)
Informations
Name SUN-241786 First vendor Publication 2008-09-12
Vendor Sun Last vendor Modification 2008-09-12
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 4.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Product: Solaris 8 Operating System Solaris 9 Operating System Solaris 10 Operating System

A security vulnerability in the bzip2(1) command and libbz2(3) library shipped with Solaris may allow a local or remote unprivileged user who provides a specially crafted bzip2 archive to cause a program crash which is a type of Denial of Service (DoS).

Additional information regarding this issue is available in the following document:

CVE-2008-1372 at http://www.security-database.com/detail.php?cve=CVE-2008-1372

State: Resolved
First released: 12-Sep-2008

Original Source

Url : http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/sun_alert_241786_a_security

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10067
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10067
Title: 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.
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-1372
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17754
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17754
Title: USN-590-1 -- bzip2 vulnerability
Description: It was discovered that bzip2 did not correctly handle certain malformed archives.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-590-1
CVE-2008-1372
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 6.06
Ubuntu 6.10
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
Product(s): bzip2
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22240
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22240
Title: ELSA-2008:0893: bzip2 security update (Moderate)
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.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2008:0893-01
CVE-2008-1372
Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): bzip2
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29039
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:29039
Title: RHSA-2008:0893 -- bzip2 security update (Moderate)
Description: Updated bzip2 packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Bzip2 is a freely available, high-quality data compressor. It provides both stand-alone compression and decompression utilities, as well as a shared library for use with other programs. A buffer over-read flaw was discovered in the bzip2 decompression routine. This issue could cause an application linked against the libbz2 library to crash when decompressing malformed archives. (CVE-2008-1372) Users of bzip2 should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): RHSA-2008:0893
CESA-2008:0893-CentOS 3
CESA-2008:0893-CentOS 5
CESA-2008:0893-CentOS 2
CVE-2008-1372
Version: 3
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 3
CentOS Linux 5
CentOS Linux 2
Product(s): bzip2
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6467
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6467
Title: Bzip2 Bug Lets Remote Users Deny Service
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.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-1372
Version: 3
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 3
VMWare ESX Server 3.5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 12

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-05-12 Name : Mac OS X 10.5.8 Update / Mac OS X Security Update 2009-003
File : nvt/macosx_upd_10_5_8_secupd_2009-003.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for Linux kernel
File : nvt/sles10_bzip2.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : Solaris Update for SunFreeware bzip2 126869-04
File : nvt/gb_solaris_126869_04.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : Solaris Update for SunFreeware bzip2 126868-03
File : nvt/gb_solaris_126868_03.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : Solaris Update for bzip 114586-04
File : nvt/gb_solaris_114586_04.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : Solaris Update for bzip 114587-04
File : nvt/gb_solaris_114587_04.nasl
2009-10-10 Name : SLES9: Security update for bzip2
File : nvt/sles9p5024520.nasl
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for SunFreeware bzip2 126868-02
File : nvt/gb_solaris_126868_02.nasl
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for bzip2 138442-01
File : nvt/gb_solaris_138442_01.nasl
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for bzip2 138441-01
File : nvt/gb_solaris_138441_01.nasl
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for SunFreeware bzip2 126869-03
File : nvt/gb_solaris_126869_03.nasl
2009-06-03 Name : Solaris Update for bzip 114587-03
File : nvt/gb_solaris_114587_03.nasl
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for bzip2 MDVSA-2008:075 (bzip2)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_075.nasl
2009-04-06 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200903-40 (analog)
File : nvt/glsa_200903_40.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for bzip2 vulnerability USN-590-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_590_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for bzip2 RHSA-2008:0893-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0893-01_bzip2.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for bzip2 CESA-2008:0893 centos3 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0893_bzip2_centos3_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for bzip2 CESA-2008:0893 centos3 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0893_bzip2_centos3_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for bzip2 CESA-2008:0893-01 centos2 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0893-01_bzip2_centos2_i386.nasl
2009-02-17 Name : Fedora Update for bzip2 FEDORA-2008-3037
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_3037_bzip2_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16 Name : Fedora Update for bzip2 FEDORA-2008-2970
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2970_bzip2_fc8.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-02 (bzip2)
File : nvt/glsa_200804_02.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: bzip2
File : nvt/freebsd_bzip20.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2008-098-02 bzip2
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2008_098_02.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
43425 bzip2 bzlib.c Crafted File Handling DoS

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-10-10 Name : The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch.
File : f5_bigip_SOL9592.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0893.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080916_bzip2_on_SL3_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_bzip2-5295.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse9_12119.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-05 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_10_5_8.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-05 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes various security issues.
File : macosx_SecUpd2009-003.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2008-0019.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-075.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-03-30 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200903-40.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-17 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0893.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-09-17 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0893.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-11 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_bzip2-5112.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-11 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_bzip2-5114.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-2970.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-11 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2008-098-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-11 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-3037.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-04 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200804-02.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-26 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-590-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-21 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_063399fcf6d611dcbcee001c2514716c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO