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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-2458 Detail

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".


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.12.5 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/ CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/16500 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/18510 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/18684 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/19252 CVE, MITRE
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/bug-gnu-utils/1999-06/msg00183.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0101.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0190.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0191.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428028/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428058/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14719 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10785 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2458
NVD Published Date:
08/23/2005
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE