CVE-2005-2459
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2005-08-23
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Affected products
References
- 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/
