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CVE-2009-1391

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
16/06/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.015 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.001:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.009:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.010:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.011:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.012:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:paul_marquess:compress-raw-zlib_perl_module:2.014:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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