CVE-2005-1260

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

6.15%

Published

May 19, 2005

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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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").

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-400

Affected Products (6)

bzip · bzip2 (up to 1.0.3)vulnerable

canonical · ubuntu_linuxvulnerable

debian · debian_linuxvulnerable

apple · mac_os_x (up to 10.4.11)vulnerable

References (20)

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc

Broken Link

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041

Broken Link

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/15447

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/19183

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27274

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27643

Third Party Advisory

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1

Broken Link

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1

Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741

Third Party Advisory

http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html

Permissions Required

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html

Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525

Permissions Required

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868

Permissions Required

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700

Third Party Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749

Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/

Third Party Advisory

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