CVE-2005-1260

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

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
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS 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