CVE-2004-0797

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0797
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-10-20 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Zlib Zlib 1.2.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
#252253 - SIGSEGV in zlib1g 1.2.1.1-3 with pwzip-file - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Secunia - Advisories - SCO OpenServer update for zlib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#238678 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.17/SCOSA-2004.17.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
www.osvdb.org/9361 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.slackware.com
bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.fedora.us
Zlib Error Handling Bug in inflate() and inflateBack() Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- zlib: Denial of service vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Zlib Compression Library Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - zlib Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.osvdb.org/9360 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Secunia - Advisories - CVS zlib Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2004.038] OpenPKG Security Advisory (zlib)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
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