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.
References
- CA-2002-07 third-party-advisory
- MDKSA-2002:022 vendor-advisory
- 4267 vdb-entry
- zlib-doublefree-memory-corruption(8427) vdb-entry
- HPSBTL0204-030 vendor-advisory
- CLA-2002:469 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2002:023 vendor-advisory
- DSA-122 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2002:024 vendor-advisory
- VU#368819 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2002:027 vendor-advisory
- CSSA-2002-014.1 vendor-advisory
- HPSBTL0204-036 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2002:026 vendor-advisory
- HPSBTL0204-037 vendor-advisory