Re: CVE request: bzip2 CERT-FI: 20469

[Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat com>]

> Hey,
>
> CERT-FI: 20469 [1] was released yesterday, and with it a new bzip2=20
> release, quoting their CHANGES:
>
> 1.0.5 (10 Dec 07)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Security fix only.  Fixes CERT-FI 20469 as it applies to bzip2.
>
>
> Reading the patch [2], it's missing a boundary check that can lead to an
> over-read on the tt/ll heap-buffer. I'd call this a DoS, did anyone
> else review?

I'm running version 1.0.4 through the bzip2 files now (it takes a long time
to run, there are a lot of files).  If I find the reproducer, I'll let you
know.

I saw no crashes when I ran the CERT-FI suite over bzip2 versions 1.0.1,
1.0.2, and 1.0.3.

-- 
    JB