Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
An integer overflow has been found and corrected in bzip2 which could be exploited by using a specially crafted bz2 file and cause a denial of service attack (CVE-2010-0405).
Additionally clamav has been upgraded to 0.96.2 and has been patched for this issue. perl-Compress-Bzip2 in MES5 has been linked against the system bzip2 library to resolv this issue.
Packages for 2008.0 and 2009.0 are provided as of the Extended Maintenance Program. Please visit this link to learn more:
http://store.mandriva.com/product_info.php?cPath=149& products_id=490
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
bzip2 on Mandriva Linux 2008.0,
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2009.1,
Mandriva Linux 2009.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0,
Mandriva Linux 2010.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0405 -
CVSS Base Score: 5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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