Explain CVE-2010-0405
Integer overflow in the BZ2_decompress function in decompress.c in bzip2 and libbzip2 before 1.0.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted compressed file.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'USN-986-3', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-3'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=clamav-0.96.3'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2010-17439', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051278.html'}, {'name': 'USN-986-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-986-1'}, {'name': 'USN-986-2', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-2'}, {'name': '41452', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/41452'}, {'name': '42404', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/42404'}, {'name': '48378', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/48378'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2230'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-3073', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3073'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-2455', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2455'}, {'name': 'APPLE-SA-2011-03-21-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_APPLE'], 'url': 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html'}, {'name': '42530', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/42530'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2231'}, {'name': '[oss-security] 20100921 bzip2 CVE-2010-0405 integer overflow', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128506868510655&w=2'}, {'name': '42529', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/42529'}, {'name': '20101207 VMSA-2010-0019 VMware ESX third party updates for Service Console', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515055/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': '41505', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/41505'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-3052', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3052'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2010:0703', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0703.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2010:0858', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0858.html'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2010-1512', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051366.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0405_integer_overflow'}, {'name': '42405', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/42405'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/cve-2010-0405-bzip2-integer-overflow/'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627882'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-3126', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3126'}, {'name': 'GLSA-201301-05', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-05.xml'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0019.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.bzip.org/'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-3127', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3127'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-3043', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3043'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2010:018', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html'}, {'name': '42350', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/42350'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED