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bzip2: code execution

Package(s):bzip2 CVE #(s):CVE-2010-0405
Created:September 20, 2010 Updated:January 9, 2013
Description: From the Debian advisory:

Mikolaj Izdebski has discovered an integer overflow flaw in the BZ2_decompress function in bzip2/libbz2. An attacker could use a crafted bz2 file to cause a denial of service (application crash) or potentially to execute arbitrary code.

Alerts:
Gentoo 201110-20 2011-10-23
MeeGo MeeGo-SA-10:40 2010-10-09
Fedora FEDORA-2010-18564 2010-12-05
Fedora FEDORA-2010-15125 2010-09-23
Fedora FEDORA-2010-17439 2010-11-08
Red Hat RHSA-2010:0858-03 2010-11-10
Fedora FEDORA-2010-15120 2010-09-23
CentOS CESA-2010:0703 2010-09-21
CentOS CESA-2010:0703 2010-09-21
CentOS CESA-2010:0703 2010-09-21
Slackware SSA:2010-263-01 2010-09-21
Red Hat RHSA-2010:0703-01 2010-09-20
Mandriva MDVSA-2010:185 2010-09-20
Ubuntu USN-986-3 2010-09-20
Ubuntu USN-986-2 2010-09-20
Ubuntu USN-986-1 2010-09-20
Debian DSA-2112-1 2010-09-20
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2010:0684-1 2010-09-30
rPath rPSA-2010-0058-1 2010-10-17
SUSE SUSE-SR:2010:018 2010-10-06
Gentoo 201301-05 2013-01-09

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