oss-security - Re: CVE request: bzip2 CERT-FI: 20469

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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:55:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
To: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com,
        "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
Subject: Re: CVE request: bzip2 CERT-FI: 20469



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Name: CVE-2008-1372
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1372
Reference: MISC:http://www.cert.fi/haavoittuvuudet/joint-advisory-archive-formats.html
Reference: CONFIRM:http://bzip.org/
Reference: CONFIRM:https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=146488&action=view
Reference: CERT-VN:VU#813451
Reference: URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/813451
Reference: BID:28286
Reference: URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28286
Reference: FRSIRT:ADV-2008-0915
Reference: URL:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0915

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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