CVE-2005-2459

N/A Unknown

Published: August 23, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/16500

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17826

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17918

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18056

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/18059

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584