CVE-2004-0797

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0797
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-10-20 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2022-06-22 16:40:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Zlib 1.2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Zlib 1.2.1 All All All
Application Zlib Zlib 1.2.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Zlib Error Handling Bug in inflate() and inflateBack() Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - CVS zlib Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - SCO OpenServer update for zlib SECUNIA secunia.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE www.slackware.com
Secunia - Advisories - zlib Denial of Service Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com
Zlib Compression Library Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
9361 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
FLSA:2043 FEDORA bugzilla.fedora.us
9360 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#238678 CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
SCOSA-2004.17 SCO ftp.sco.com
#252253 - SIGSEGV in zlib1g 1.2.1.1-3 with pwzip-file - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- zlib: Denial of service vulnerability GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2004.038] OpenPKG Security Advisory (zlib)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
SCOSA-2006.6 SCO ftp.sco.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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