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Status published
Medium
CVE-2012-2098
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing...
Vulnerability Description
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing stream (BZip2CompressorOutputStream) in Apache Commons Compress before 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file with many repeating inputs.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html
- http://osvdb.org/82161
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49255
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49286
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://ant.apache.org/security.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/3
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Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 29th, 2012
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.