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CVE-2009-1884

Publication date 19 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs in the Compress-Raw-Bzip2 module before 2.018 for Perl allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang or crash) via a crafted bzip2 compressed stream that triggers a buffer overflow, a related issue to CVE-2009-1391.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl 10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release