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bzip2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that triggers an integer overflow

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 10, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Mar 31, 2023

Package

cargo bzip2 (Rust)

Affected versions

< 0.4.4

Patched versions

0.4.4

Description

The bzip2 crate before 0.4.4 for Rust allow attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that triggers an integer overflow in mem.rs. NOTE: this is unrelated to the https://crates.io/crates/bzip2-rs product.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 10, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 10, 2023
Reviewed Jan 10, 2023
Last updated Mar 31, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-22895

GHSA ID

GHSA-96jv-r488-c2rj

Source code

Credits

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