CVE-2005-2459 Information

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.

Reference

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584 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://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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720 https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/