CVE-2008-1372 Memory corruption in n/a
Medium 4.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-1372 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2008-1372 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1372 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1372/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1372/index.md)
A buffer over-read in bzip2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, requiring user interaction to open the file.
- 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-2008-1372?
CVE-2008-1372 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Mar 2008. 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
bzlib.c in bzip2 before 1.0.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file that triggers a buffer over-read, as demonstrated by the PROTOS GENOME test suite for Archive Formats.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1372?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
bzip2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.1-5.EL2.1 |
bzip2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.0.2-12.EL3 |
bzip2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
bzip2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
bzip2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
bzip2-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
bzip2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
bzip2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
bzip2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
bzip2-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
bzip2 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
bzip2-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
bzip2-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
bzip2-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.0.2-14.el4_7 |
Products include Bzip Bzip2.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1372?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2008-1372 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1372 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1372, GHSA-prgg-m9pm-qvgm, RHSA-2008:0893.