Vulnerability in Paul Marquess Compress-Raw-Zlib Perl Module
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.
EPSS: 0.074 (93.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Paul_marquess Compress-raw-zlib_perl_module — versions 2.001, 2.002, 2.003
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
- secalert@redhat.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)