Package : bzip2 Vulnerability : infinite loop Problem-Type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-1260 Debian Bug : 310803
Chris Evans discovered that a specially crafted archive can trigger an infinete loop in bzip2, a high-quality block-sorting file compressor. During uncompression this results in an indefinitively growing output file which will finally fill up the disk and. On systems that automatically decompress bzip2 archives this can cause a denial of service.
For the oldstable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-1.woody5.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-7.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-7.
We recommend that you upgrade your bzip2 package.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------