CVE-2005-2459
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.161 Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.0%
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.
Affected configurations
References
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584
kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5
secunia.com/advisories/16355/
secunia.com/advisories/16500
secunia.com/advisories/17826
secunia.com/advisories/17918
secunia.com/advisories/18056
secunia.com/advisories/18059
www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720
usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.161 Low
EPSS
Percentile
96.0%