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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2009-1391 EUVD-2009-1389GHSA-353f-jcfv-fpmh

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 p…

Published Jun 16, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Package: libcompress-raw-zlib-perl Package: perl Ecosystem: Debian

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libcompress-raw-zlib-perl 2.015-2 —
Debian 14 perl 5.10.0-23 —
Debian 13 libcompress-raw-zlib-perl 2.015-2 —
Debian 13 perl 5.10.0-23 —
Debian 12 libcompress-raw-zlib-perl 2.015-2 —
Debian 12 perl 5.10.0-23 —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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