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
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51062
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/794-1/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:157
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273141
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35689
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1571
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/55041
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35422
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35876
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00607.html
Affected Vendor
paul marquess
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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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