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CVE-2010-0405 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the BZ2_decompress function in decompress.c in bzip2 and libbzip2 before 1.0.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted compressed file.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0405_integer_overflow
http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=clamav-0.96.3
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051278.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051366.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128506868510655&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-05.xml
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
http://www.bzip.org/
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0703.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0858.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515055/100/0/threaded
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-3
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-986-1
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0019.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2455
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3043
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3052
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3073
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3126
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3127
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/cve-2010-0405-bzip2-integer-overflow/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627882
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2230
https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2231

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-0405
NVD Published Date:
09/28/2010
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE