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CVE-2004-0797
The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack...
Vulnerability Description
The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash).
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11051
- http://www.osvdb.org/9361
- http://www.osvdb.org/9360
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-26.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17054
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000865
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17119
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252253
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_29_zlib.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1011085
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000878
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:090
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11129
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.319160
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18377
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2043
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109353792914900&w=2
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.17/SCOSA-2004.17.txt
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 14th, 2004
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.