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CVE-2005-1260

Date: May 18, 2005

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").

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (23)

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2005-1260

Url: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041

Url: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27274

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444

Url: http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/15447

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/19183

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1260

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/27643

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2005-1260

Severity Score

5.3

Weakness Type (CWE)

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

CWE-400

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2005-1260

Date: May 18, 2005

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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