Description
The huft_build function in inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 returns the wrong value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a certain compressed file that leads to a null pointer dereference, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2458.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 ↗
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/ ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16500 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 ↗
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/ ↗
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584 ↗