bzip2

• Author: voroskoi
• Vulnerable: 1.0.4-1
• Unaffected: 1.0.5-1kalgan1

A vulnerability has been reported in bzip2, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of malformed archives and can potentially be exploited to cause a DoS.

• Bug Tracker URL: http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/2903

CVEs:

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1372