CVE-2012-2098

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/49255	Vendor Advisory
http://ant.apache.org/security.html	Vendor Advisory
http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html	Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://osvdb.org/82161	Broken Link
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49286	Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.html	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_compress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2012-06-29 12:55

Updated : 2021-08-12 14:30

NVD link : CVE-2012-2098

Mitre link : CVE-2012-2098

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-310

Cryptographic Issues

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Products Affected

apache

commons_compress

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