Vulnerability identifier: #VU33980

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0405

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Integer overflow in the BZ2_decompress function in decompress.c in bzip2 and libbzip2 before 1.0.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted compressed file.

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

External links
http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0405_integer_overflow
http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git;a=blob_plain;f=ChangeLog;hb=clamav-0.96.3
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051278.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/051366.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-10/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=128506868510655&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/41452
http://secunia.com/advisories/41505
http://secunia.com/advisories/42350
http://secunia.com/advisories/42404
http://secunia.com/advisories/42405
http://secunia.com/advisories/42529
http://secunia.com/advisories/42530
http://secunia.com/advisories/48378
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201301-05.xml
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581
http://www.bzip.org/
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0703.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0858.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/515055/100/0/threaded
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-986-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-986-3
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0019.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2455
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3043
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3052
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3073
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3126
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3127
http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/cve-2010-0405-bzip2-integer-overflow/
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627882
http://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2230
http://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2231

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.