Vulnerability in Apache Commons_compress
CVE-2012-2098
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 f…
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
EPSS: 0.125 (95.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apache Commons_compress
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-2098?
- CVE-2012-2098 is a vulnerability in Apache Commons_compress, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2012-06-29.
- Is CVE-2012-2098 known to be exploited?
- 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.