CVE-2009-1884

perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2: Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function - DoS (crash)

Published Aug 19, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs in the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module before 2.018 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers a buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2009-1391.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-1879 Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs in the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module before 2.018 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers a buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2009-1391.
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:27 AM
Reserved
Jun 2, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 19, 2009, 5:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:08 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 18, 2009, 12:00 AM