CPANSA-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2009-1391: Compress-Raw-Zlib vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 2009-06-16T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25
Current release date 2009-06-16T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score Severity
Original language Language en
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Vulnerability Description

Off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in Compress::Raw::Zlib Perl module before 2.017, as used in AMaViS, SpamAssassin, and possibly other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via a crafted zlib compressed stream that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild by Trojan.Downloader-71014 in June 2009.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-1391

Vulnerability Description

Off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in Compress::Raw::Zlib Perl module before 2.017, as used in AMaViS, SpamAssassin, and possibly other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via a crafted zlib compressed stream that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild by Trojan.Downloader-71014 in June 2009.

Weakness CWE-189 : Numeric Errors

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
Compress-Raw-Zlib less than 2.017
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
2.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 6.8 Medium
Fixed

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References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 2009 First release

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