CVE-2009-1391

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.

🔗 References (36)

• secalert@redhathttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
• secalert@redhathttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638
• secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
• secalert@redhathttp://osvdb.org/55041
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35422
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35685
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35689
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/35876
• secalert@redhathttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
• secalert@redhathttp://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
• secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:157
• secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307
• secalert@redhathttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1571
• secalert@redhathttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273141
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504386