CVE-2012-2098

Published Jun 29, 2012

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description: Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing stream (BZip2CompressorOutputStream) in Apache Commons Compress before 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file with many repeating inputs.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-310

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_compress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "F29E3A76-AF68-4929-A83F-874825D448B9",
            "versionEndExcluding": "1.4.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References