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    CVE-2009-1391

    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.

    Published:Jun 16, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jun 16, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.18375
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Paul Marquess
    Product
    Compress-raw-zlib Perl Module

    Exploits

    http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504386http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504386https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33032

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
    http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
    http://osvdb.org/55041
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35422
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35689
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35876
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:157
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1571
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273141
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504386
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51062
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/794-1/
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00607.html
    http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
    http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
    http://osvdb.org/55041
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35422
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35689
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35876
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:157
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1571
    https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273141
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504386
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51062
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/794-1/
    https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00607.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High