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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-157

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-157
Posted Jul 21, 2009
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-157 - Off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in Compress::Raw::Zlib Perl module before 2.017, as used in AMaViS, SpamAssassin, and possibly other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via a crafted zlib compressed stream that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild by Trojan.Downloader-71014 in June 2009. This update provides fixes for this vulnerability.

tags | advisory, denial of service, overflow, trojan, perl
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2009-1391
SHA-256 | 4cb76f89dcffad7d7dcb27861ff6dbef4251c1c46dc0d684ce165d880c0986ee

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-157

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:157
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib
Date : July 19, 2009
Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1
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Problem Description:

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib:

Off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in
Compress::Raw::Zlib Perl module before 2.017, as used in AMaViS,
SpamAssassin, and possibly other products, allows context-dependent
attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via a crafted
zlib compressed stream that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow,
as exploited in the wild by Trojan.Downloader-71014 in June 2009
(CVE-2009-1391).

This update provides fixes for this vulnerability.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1391
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2008.1:
720caf9ee97c5ebb97788cda22430474 2008.1/i586/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.008-2.1mdv2008.1.i586.rpm
7f40a9c58953b5113e367bce0b50feae 2008.1/SRPMS/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.008-2.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.1/X86_64:
08566d7972592448896119e2d6be14d4 2008.1/x86_64/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.008-2.1mdv2008.1.x86_64.rpm
7f40a9c58953b5113e367bce0b50feae 2008.1/SRPMS/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.008-2.1mdv2008.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2009.0:
eb2dcbd9ec2cc7c68ad6827632e0d56c 2009.0/i586/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-1.1mdv2009.0.i586.rpm
4c685d20a473c7a03102199bf5a312ea 2009.0/SRPMS/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-1.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64:
d5430d9ce8fefd3119995688a698e0fd 2009.0/x86_64/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-1.1mdv2009.0.x86_64.rpm
4c685d20a473c7a03102199bf5a312ea 2009.0/SRPMS/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-1.1mdv2009.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2009.1:
a2f1d44f210f3205ae2da200c8143a61 2009.1/i586/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-2.1mdv2009.1.i586.rpm
46da1ca46fe6207fecdfded8084992f1 2009.1/SRPMS/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-2.1mdv2009.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2009.1/X86_64:
132aa7ff9b5f4493a8f9e0c7606e8e2a 2009.1/x86_64/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-2.1mdv2009.1.x86_64.rpm
46da1ca46fe6207fecdfded8084992f1 2009.1/SRPMS/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-2.1mdv2009.1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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