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.
Published: 2009-06-16
Score: 6.8 Medium
EPSS: 18.4% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-794-1 Perl vulnerability
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Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:13:25.381Z

Reserved: 2009-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-1391

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Status : Modified

Published: 2009-06-16T23:30:00.203

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-1391

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