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Description
bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file that triggers a
buffer over-read, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for
Archive Formats.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20081203 VMSA-2008-0019 VMware Hosted products and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve a critical security issue and update bzip2
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Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080318)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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