Ok, updated description. ** Description changed:
Decompression bombs, which result from a small file being uncompressed into a bigger one, can freeze the current application such as a browser, virus scanner, search tool and create system instability. More - information about these bombs can be found here: + information about this can be found here: http://www.aerasec.de/security/advisories/decompression-bomb- vulnerability.html Sorry if this is already known of/unpreventable, but it can really harm and freeze a computer, depending on the size of the compressed file. Examples are available off the previous link. + + Expected Behavior: An alert shown to the user, earlier termination of the application opening such file, or end in processing of that file. + Actual behavior: Application freezes (ui) and eventually the whole system starts lagging. Perhaps applications should have a "maximum cpu usage allowed" or something like that? -- Denial of service through decompression bombs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/183660 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
