Vulnerability CVE-2002-0059
Published: 2002-03-15   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The decompression algorithm in zlib 1.1.3 and earlier, as used in many different utilities and packages, causes inflateEnd to release certain memory more than once (a "double free"), which may allow local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a block of malformed compression data.

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> ZLIB 

 References:
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-015.1.txt
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000469
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:022
http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-014.1.txt
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-07.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-122
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/368819
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-023.php
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-024.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-026.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-027.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4267
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-030
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-036
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-037
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8427
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