CVE-2005-2458 Information

Description

inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a compressed file with \improper tables.

Reference

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5 http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/ http://secunia.com/advisories/16500 http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 http://secunia.com/advisories/18684 http://secunia.com/advisories/19252 http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-gnu-utils/1999-06/msg00183.html http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14719 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10785 https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/