FKIE_CVE-2009-1391

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-06-16 23:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:07
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
secalert@redhat.comhttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://osvdb.org/55041
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35422Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35685
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35689
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35876
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:157
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307Exploit, Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1571Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273141
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504386Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51062
secalert@redhat.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/794-1/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00607.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/55041
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35422Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35689
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35876
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:157
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1571Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273141
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504386Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51062
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/794-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00607.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module *
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.001
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.002
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.003
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.004
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.005
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.006
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.008
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.009
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.010
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.011
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.012
paul_marquess compress-raw-zlib_perl_module 2.014
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