CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-2098
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-06-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
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.
Affected configurations
• apache commons compress (< 1.4.1)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://ant.apache.org/security.html Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html Third Party Advisory
- http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/82161 Broken Link
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49255 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49286 Third Party Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Third Party Advisory
- http://ant.apache.org/security.html Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html Third Party Advisory
- http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/82161 Broken Link
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49255 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49286 Third Party Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E lists.apache.org
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html Third Party Advisory