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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-174

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-174
Posted Jul 29, 2009
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-174 - 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 | 8a5c2997c6caac6c46e1dac877a304bdafdc0dd8e5243223b58c435f4e7ca6c5

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2009-174

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:174
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib
Date : July 29, 2009
Affected: Enterprise Server 5.0
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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 Enterprise Server 5:
d63cdadc79257bc26a66bb334708151d mes5/i586/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-1.1mdvmes5.i586.rpm
8c505552938454e71b76cafc602db7ea mes5/SRPMS/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-1.1mdvmes5.src.rpm

Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64:
a97e6db0a9b34e9652189c823ab1e520 mes5/x86_64/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-1.1mdvmes5.x86_64.rpm
8c505552938454e71b76cafc602db7ea mes5/SRPMS/perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.015-1.1mdvmes5.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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