CVE-2012-2098
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 12.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-06-29 00:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4097e732e9d67e8c7d2c04f48cd1ffeddf5267001e6a7673a3f39c83e369089b
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2013-5548http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comapache-commons-ant-bzip2-dos(75857)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-8428http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html
- archives.neohapsis.com20120523 [CVE-2012-2098] Apache Commons Compress and Apache Ant denial of service vulnerabilityhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html
- osvdb.org82161http://osvdb.org/82161
- www.securityfocus.com53676http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676
- www.securitytracker.com1027096http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096
- secunia.com49255http://secunia.com/advisories/49255
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-8465http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html
- secunia.com49286http://secunia.com/advisories/49286
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2013-5546http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.html
- lists.apache.org[lucene-solr-user] 20200320 CVEs (vulnerabilities) that apply to Solr 8.4.1https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- commons.apache.orghttp://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html
- www-01.ibm.comhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047
- packetstormsecurity.orghttp://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.html
- ant.apache.orghttp://ant.apache.org/security.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20230913 CVE-2023-42503: Apache Commons Compress: Denial of service via CPU consumption for malformed TAR filehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libcommons-compress-java Fixed in 1.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libcommons-compress-java Fixed in 1.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libcommons-compress-java Fixed in 1.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.