Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bzip2 (MDVSA-2008:075)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 37613

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Bzip2 versions before 1.0.5 are vulnerable to a denial of service attack via malicious compressed data.

The updated packages have been patched to prevent the issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 37613

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-075.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bzip2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64bzip2_1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64bzip2_1-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libbzip2_1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libbzip2_1-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1372

BID: 28286

CWE: 119

MDVSA: 2008:075

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