Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20122098000
Revision Date:2012-06-29Version:1
Title:CVE-2012-2098 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2012-2098
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'libcommons-compress-java' package in xenial is not affected (note: '1.4.1-1').
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