CVE-2005-1260 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via hard drive consumption by tricking users into opening a crafted bzip2 file that triggers an infinite loop.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-1260?
CVE-2005-1260 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 19 May 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
bzip2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hard drive consumption) via a crafted bzip2 file that causes an infinite loop (a.k.a "decompression bomb").
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1260?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Apple Mac Os X, Bzip Bzip2, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2005-1260?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2005-1260 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1260 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1260, DSA-741-1, GHSA-q292-6rrq-qv64.