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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2009-06-16T23:00:00

Updated: 2018-10-03T20:57:01

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


Link: CVE-2009-1391

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2018-10-03T22:00:28.997


Link: CVE-2009-1391

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