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Date: Wed Sep 22 2010 - 23:58:05 CDT

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TITLE:
bzip2 "BZ_decompress" Integer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA41452

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/41452/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=41452

RELEASE DATE:
2010-09-23

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/41452/#comments

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http://secunia.com/advisories/41452/

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=41452

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in bzip2, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially
compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow in the
"BZ2_decompress()" function in decompress.c and can be exploited to
cause a crash or potentially execute arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.6.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Mikolaj Izdebski.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.bzip.org/index.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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