CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-2459
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-08-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 2.6.0
• linux linux kernel 2.6.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.8
• linux linux kernel 2.6.8.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.8.1.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.9
• linux linux kernel 2.6.10
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.1
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.2
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.3
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.4
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.5
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.7
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11.8
• linux linux kernel 2.6.11 rc1 bk6
• linux linux kernel 2.6.12
• linux linux kernel 2.6 test9 cvs
• debian debian linux 3.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-392 Missing Report of Error Condition weakness
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584 Third Party Advisory
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/ Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16500 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584 Third Party Advisory
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/ Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16500 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 www.mandriva.com
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/ usn.ubuntu.com