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CVE-2012-2098

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.

Published

2012-06-29T19:55:03.530

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-310

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apache	commons_compress	< 1.4.1	Yes

References

http://ant.apache.org/security.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/82161 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/49255 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/49286 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/3 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://ant.apache.org/security.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/82161 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/49255 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/49286 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)