CVE-2009-1391 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2009-1391

Off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in Compress::Raw::Zlib...

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.

Impact Analysis

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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.

Affected Vendor

paul marquess

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Affected Software

compress-raw-zlib perl module
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.001, 2.002, 2.003, 2.004, 2.005, 2.006, 2.008, 2.009, 2.010, 2.011, 2.012, 2.014

Timeline

Official Publish: June 16th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.