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libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, perl — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libcompress-raw-zlib-perl, perl
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.015-2, 5.10.0-23
- CVEs
- CVE-2009-1391
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1391
libcompress-raw-zlib-perl
Fixed versions: 2.015-2
libcompress-raw-zlib-perl
Fixed versions: 2.015-2
libcompress-raw-zlib-perl
Fixed versions: 2.015-2
perl
Fixed versions: 5.10.0-23
perl
Fixed versions: 5.10.0-23
perl
Fixed versions: 5.10.0-23
Complete source record
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