[ MDVSA-2009:207 ] perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2

[dude67]

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Package : perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2
Date : August 19, 2009
Affected: 2009.1, Enterprise Server 5.0
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip:

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 (CVE-2009-1884).

This update provides a solution to this vulnerability.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cg ... -2009-1884
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