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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200804-02">
+ <title>bzip2: Denial of service</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A buffer overread vulnerability has been discovered in Bzip2.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">bzip2</product>
+ <announced>2008-04-02</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2008-04-02</revised>
+ <bug>213820</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="app-arch/bzip2" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.0.5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.0.5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ bzip2 is a free and open source lossless data compression program.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ The Oulu University discovered that bzip2 does not properly check
+ offsets provided by the bzip2 file, leading to a buffer overread.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ Remote attackers can entice a user or automated system to open a
+ specially crafted file that triggers a buffer overread, causing a
+ Denial of Service. libbz2 and programs linking against it are also
+ affected.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All bzip2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=app-arch/bzip2-1.0.5"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1372">CVE-2008-1372</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-03-21T02:17:50Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-03-21T23:42:29Z">
+ mfleming
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-04-02T13:31:45Z">
+ rbu
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>