CVE-2010-0405

Publication date 20 September 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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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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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
bzip2 10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed in 1.0.5-4ubuntu0.1
9.10 karmic
Fixed in 1.0.5-3ubuntu0.1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 1.0.5-1ubuntu1.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 1.0.4-2ubuntu4.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed in 1.0.3-0ubuntu2.2
clamav 10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed in 0.96.1+dfsg-0ubuntu0.10.04.2
9.10 karmic
Fixed in 0.95.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.09.10.3
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 0.95.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.09.04.3
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 0.95.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.09.04~hardy2.5
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed in 0.95.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.09.04~dapper4.1
dpkg 10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed in 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.3
9.10 karmic
Fixed in 1.15.4ubuntu2.2
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 1.14.24ubuntu1.2
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 1.14.16.6ubuntu4.2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed in 1.13.11ubuntu7.2
dump 10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed in 0.4b42-1ubuntu0.10.04.1
9.10 karmic
Fixed in 0.4b42-1ubuntu0.9.10.1
9.04 jaunty
Fixed in 0.4b41-6ubuntu0.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed in 0.4b41-5ubuntu0.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed in 0.4b41-2ubuntu0.1

Notes

jdstrand

dump and dpkg use a statically linked bzip2 so simply need to be recompiled

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-986-2
    • ClamAV vulnerability
    • 20 September 2010
    • USN-986-1
    • bzip2 vulnerability
    • 20 September 2010
    • USN-986-3
    • dpkg vulnerability
    • 20 September 2010

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