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FS#10121 - bzip2 < 1.0.5 has DoS vulnerability

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Paul Bredbury (brebs) - Tuesday, 08 April 2008, 16:20 GMT
Last edited by Tom Killian (tomk) - Monday, 14 April 2008, 21:06 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Security
Status Closed
Assigned To Tom Killian (tomk)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version 2007.08-2
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Hi, bzip2 should be version-bumped to 1.0.5, to fix a potential denial-of-service attack:

http://secunia.com/advisories/29410
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1372
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Closed by  Tom Killian (tomk)
Monday, 14 April 2008, 21:06 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  bzip2 1.0.5-1 in testing now.

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