Secure testing team - Aug 2009 - Bug#542777: CVE-2009-1884: Off-by-one error in the bzinflate function in Bzip2.xs

Package: libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl
Version: 2.020-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security patch

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Hi,
the following CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id was
published for libcompress-raw-bzip2-perl.

CVE-2009-1884[0]:
| 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.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1884
    http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2009-1884
    Patch: https://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=201642

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