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CVE-2012-2098

CVE-2012-2098

EPSS 12.6%
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the sorting algorithms in bzip2 compressing stream (BZip2CompressorOutputStream) in Apache Commons Compress before 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file with many repeating inputs.
Affected products
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References
http://ant.apache.org/security.htmlhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.htmlhttp://commons.apache.org/compress/security.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.htmlhttp://osvdb.org/82161http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/49255http://secunia.com/advisories/49286https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857