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CVE-2012-2098

Published: Jun 29, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
2.6 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2098
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/310.html

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Commons_compress Apache * 1.4.1 (excluding)
Libcommons-compress-java Ubuntu lucid *
Libcommons-compress-java Ubuntu natty *
Libcommons-compress-java Ubuntu oneiric *
Libcommons-compress-java Ubuntu precise *
Libcommons-compress-java Ubuntu upstream *

References

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