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 denial of service (CPU consumption) via a file with many repeating inputs.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2098
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
• http://ant.apache.org/security.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081746.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105049.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/113014/Apache-Commons-Compress-Apache-Ant-Denial-Of-Service.html
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21644047
• https://web.archive.org/web/20130525085523/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53676
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140724002926/http://secunia.com/advisories/49286
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140724023114/http://secunia.com/advisories/49255
• https://web.archive.org/web/20200517014414/http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027096
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0130.html
• http://commons.apache.org/compress/security.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/13/3
• apache/commons-compress@020c03d
• apache/commons-compress@0600296
• apache/commons-compress@1ce57d9
• apache/commons-compress@2ab2fcb
• apache/commons-compress@654222e
• apache/commons-compress@6ced422
• apache/commons-compress@6e95697
• apache/commons-compress@8f70246
• apache/commons-compress@b06f7b4
• apache/commons-compress@cca0e6e
• apache/commons-compress@ea31005
• apache/commons-compress@fdd7459
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5@<solr-user.lucene.apache.org>