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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-2458
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CVE-2005-2458

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".

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-169-1

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA18684
  Secunia Advisory: SA18510
  Secunia Advisory: SA18059
  Secunia Advisory: SA18056
  Secunia Advisory: SA17918
  Secunia Advisory: SA16500
  Secunia Advisory: SA16355
  Secunia Advisory: SA19252
  Secunia Advisory: SA17826

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html

MLIST
  http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-gnu-utils/1999-06/msg00183.html

MANDRIVA
  http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
  http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220

MANDRAKE
  http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
  http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

FEDORA
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
  http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922

CONFIRM
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5

BID
  14719


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