FKIE_CVE-2004-0797

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-10-20 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:06
Severity
Summary
The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash).
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.17/SCOSA-2004.17.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252253
cve@mitre.orghttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000865
cve@mitre.orghttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000878
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109353792914900&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/11129
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17054
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18377
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-26.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1011085
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:090
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_29_zlib.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/9360
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/9361
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11051
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.319160
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2043
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17119
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.6/SCOSA-2006.6.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2004.17/SCOSA-2004.17.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=252253
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000865
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000878
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109353792914900&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/11129
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17054
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18377
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-26.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1011085
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238678US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:090
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_29_zlib.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/9360
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/9361
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11051
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.319160
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2043
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17119
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
zlib zlib 1.2.1

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      "affectedData": [
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          "vendor": "n/a",
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "nodes": [
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:zlib:zlib:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "4C493104-5D6B-417F-BD77-32A4868A3398",
              "vulnerable": true
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The error handling in the (1) inflate and (2) inflateBack functions in ZLib compression library 1.2.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash)."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "El manejo de errores en las funciones (1) inflate y (2) inflateBack de la biblioteca de compresi\u00f3n Zlib 1.2.x permite a usuarios locales causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda de aplicaci\u00f3n)."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2004-0797",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:06:23.960",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
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        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
        "cvssData": {
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          "accessVector": "LOCAL",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 2.1,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
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        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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  },
  "published": "2004-10-20T04:00:00.000",
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}



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