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CVE-2005-2459

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Description

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published8/23/2005

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxlinux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-476

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584(cve@mitre.org)

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/16500(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/17826(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/17918(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/18056(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/18059(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720(cve@mitre.org)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/(cve@mitre.org)

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/16500(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/17826(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/17918(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/18056(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://secunia.com/advisories/18059(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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