PT-2009-4348 · Perl · Compress-Raw-Bzip2

Jan Lieskovsky · CVE-2009-1884 · Published 2009-08-19 · Updated 2023-02-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module versions prior to 2.018

Description: The issue is related to an off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs, which can be exploited by context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application hang or crash. This can be achieved through a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers a buffer overflow.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.018, update to version 2.018 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-1884

Affected Products

Compress-Raw-Bzip2

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1884 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36386 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1884 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00999.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36082 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1884 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-1884 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00982.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281955 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52628 · Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/52628 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36415 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=518278 · Note