CVE-2005-1260

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").

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References

• MITRE
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

• USN-127-1
• bzip2 vulnerabilities
• 17 May 2005

Other references

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1260