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bzip2: denial of service
| Package(s): | bzip2 | CVE #(s): | CVE-2008-1372 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created: | March 24, 2008 | Updated: | May 9, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | From the CVE entry: 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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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