CVE-2005-1260

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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").

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-04-25 CVE Reserved
2005-05-19 CVE Published
2024-04-25 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CAPEC

References (19)

URL	Tag	Source
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041	Broken Link
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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444	Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc	2020-11-13
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html	2020-11-13
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1	2020-11-13
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1	2020-11-13
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741	2020-11-13
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html	2020-11-13
https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1	2020-11-13
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1260	2005-06-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617617	2005-06-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Bzip Search vendor "Bzip"		Bzip2 Search vendor "Bzip" for product "Bzip2"				< 1.0.3 Search vendor "Bzip" for product "Bzip2" and version " < 1.0.3"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				4.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "4.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				5.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "5.04"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				3.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "3.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				3.1 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "3.1"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Mac Os X Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X"				< 10.4.11 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Mac Os X" and version " < 10.4.11"		-		Affected