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CVE-2012-2098

Published: Jun 29, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-310
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
12.6%
Top 4.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-310

Affected Products

n/an/a
FedoraFedora Project
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Commons CompressApache Software Foundation
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
org.apache.commons:commons-compressMavenOSS Libraries
commons compressapache
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
fedora projectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora
apache software foundationoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache foundation
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105060.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75857
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081697.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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Timeline

Published
Jun 29, 2012
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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