Fluid Attacks Database

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").

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 14	bzip2	>=0 <1.0.2-7	1.0.2-7
debian 13	bzip2	>=0 <1.0.2-7	1.0.2-7
debian 12	bzip2	>=0 <1.0.2-7	1.0.2-7

Aliases

1. CVE-2005-12602. NVD-2005-12603. OSV-DEBIAN-2005-12604. OSV-2005-12605. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2005-1260

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