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CVE-2002-0059
critical
Description
The decompression algorithm in zlib 1.1.3 and earlier, as used in many different utilities and packages, causes inflateEnd to release certain memory more than once (a "double free"), which may allow local and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a block of malformed compression data.
References
https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2002-0059
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-037
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-036
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0204-030
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4267
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-027.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-026.html
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-024.php3
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-023.php
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-122
http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2002-014.1.txt
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:022
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000469