CVE-2009-1391

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1391
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-06-16 23:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionOff-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.001 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.002 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.003 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.004 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.005 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.006 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.008 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.009 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.010 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.011 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.012 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module 2.014 All All All
Application Paul Marquess Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/55041 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Fedora update for perl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Perl Compress::Raw::Zlib Module Off-by-One Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
article.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 article.gmane.org
Gentoo Bug 273141 - <perl-core/Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.020: Off-by-one (CVE-2009-1391) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Perl Compress::Raw modules: Denial of Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Ubuntu update for libcompress-raw-zlib-perl and perl - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-794-1: Perl vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
504386 – (CVE-2009-1391) CVE-2009-1391 Buffer overflow in Compress::Raw::Zlib af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:157 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
article.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 article.gmane.org Exploit
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
thread.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 thread.gmane.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: perl-5.10.0-73.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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