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Title : Sun Solaris Bzip2 Archive Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2557
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1372
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-09-15

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A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Solaris, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in Bzip2. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0915

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2008-09-15 : Initial release

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