CVE-2005-2458

Medium

Description

inflate.c in the zlib routines in the Linux kernel before 2.6.12.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel crash) via a compressed file with "improper tables".

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedAug 23, 2005
First seenAug 23, 2005

How to fix

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Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.8.1, 2.6.8.1.5, 2.6.9, 2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.6.11.1, 2.6.11.2, 2.6.11.3, 2.6.11.4, 2.6.11.5, 2.6.11.6, 2.6.11.7, 2.6.11.8, 2.6.11_rc1_bk6, 2.6.12, 2.6_test9_cvs—

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