CVE-2005-1260

bzip2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hard drive consumption) via a crafted bzip2 file that causes an infinite loop (a.k.a "decompression bomb").

• CWE-400

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.ascBroken Link
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041Broken Link
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15447Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19183Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27274Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27643Third Party Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1Broken Link
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741Third Party Advisory
• http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.htmlPermissions Required
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525Permissions Required
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868Permissions Required
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/Third Party Advisory
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.ascBroken Link
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041Broken Link
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15447Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19183Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27274Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27643Third Party Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1Broken Link
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741Third Party Advisory
• http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.htmlPermissions Required
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525Permissions Required
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868Permissions Required
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700Third Party Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/Third Party Advisory

Published

May 19, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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