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RUSTSEC-2023-0004
No affected components available
Working with specific payloads can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) vector.
Both Decompress and Compress implementations can enter into infinite loops
given specific payloads entered that trigger it.
The issue is described in great detail in the bzip2 repository issue.
Thanks to bjrjk for finding and providing the patch for the issue and the maintainer responsibly responding to release a fix quickly.
Users who use the crate with untrusted data should update the bzip2 to 0.4.4.
Measures severity based on intrinsic characteristics of the vulnerability, independent of environment.
No exploitation activity has been observed at this time. Continue routine monitoring.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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