Vulnerability CVE-2009-1391
Published: 2009-06-16   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-189

 (Numeric Errors)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Paul marquess -> Compress-raw-zlib perl module 

 References:
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:157
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1571
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273141
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504386
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51062
https://usn.ubuntu.com/794-1/
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00607.html
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