CVE-2009-1391

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    CVE-2009-1391

    Published: 16 Jun 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:157, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1571, http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504386, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1571, http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html, http://osvdb.org/55041, http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273141, 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

    Affected packages

    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