CVE-2012-2098 | Vulnerability Database | Aqua Security

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

http://ant.apache.org/security.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html
http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html
http://osvdb.org/82161
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49255
http://secunia.com/advisories/49286
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/3
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2098
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/310.html