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Perl Compress::Raw::Zlib Module Off-by-One Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA35422
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Release Date:
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2009-06-11
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Popularity:
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1,833 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Compress::Raw::Zlib 2.x (module for Perl)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Compress::Raw::Zlib module for Perl, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or to potentially compromise an application using the module.
The vulnerability is caused due to an off-by-one error within the "inflate()" function in Zlib.xs. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow with a zero byte when specially crafted compressed data is processed.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.017.
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