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Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1019589.1.
Article ID : 1019589.1
Article Type : Sun Alerts (SURE)
Last reviewed : 2008-09-11
Audience : PUBLIC
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A Security Vulnerability in the bzip2(1) command may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS)

Category
Security

Release Phase
Resolved

Bug Id
6688427

Product
Solaris 8 Operating System
Solaris 9 Operating System
Solaris 10 Operating System

Date of Resolved Release
12-Sep-2008

A Security Vulnerability in the bzip2(1) command may lead to a Denial of Service (DoS)

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in the bzip2(1) command and libbz2(3) library shipped with Solaris may allow a local or remote unprivileged user who provides a specially crafted bzip2 archive to cause a program crash which is a type of Denial of Service (DoS).

Additional information regarding this issue is available in the following document:

CVE-2008-1372 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1372

2. Contributing Factors

SPARC Platform
  • Solaris 8 without patch 138441-01
  • Solaris 9 without patch 114586-03
  • Solaris 10 without patch 126868-02
  • OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_88

x86 Platform
  • Solaris 8 without patch 138442-01
  • Solaris 9 without patch 114587-03
  • Solaris 10 without patch 126869-03
  • OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_01 through snv_88

3. Symptoms

A program which is making of use the bzip2(1) command or libbz2(3) library could crash while decompressing bzip2 archives.

4. Workaround

There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution section below.

Until patch updates can be applied, users should avoid using bzip2(1) archives from untrusted sources.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform
  • Solaris 8 with patch 138441-01 or later
  • Solaris 9 with patch 114586-03 or later
  • Solaris 10 with patch 126868-02 or later
  • OpenSolaris based upon build snv_89 or later
x86 Platform
  • Solaris 8 with patch 138442-01 or later
  • Solaris 9 with patch 114587-03 or later
  • Solaris 10 with patch 126869-03 or later
  • OpenSolaris based upon build snv_89 or later


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References

138441-01
138442-01
126868-02
126869-03
114586-03
114587-03





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