Does anyone have an idea on how to trigger this? Debian and SuSE say this is a denial of service. Gentoo says "code execution", but they are the ones who found the bug. Most zlib bugs can be exploited prior to authentication in OpenSSH. The patch being is being distributed by the vendors and is not on zlib.org yet:
[ inftrees.c ] - if (left > 0 && (type == CODES || (codes - count[0] != 1))) + if (left > 0 && (type == CODES || max != 1)) -HD On Wednesday 06 July 2005 09:23, Thierry Carrez wrote: > Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200507-05 > Severity: High > Title: zlib: Buffer overflow > Date: July 06, 2005 > Bugs: #98121 > ID: 200507-05 > > A buffer overflow has been discovered in zlib, potentially resulting in > the execution of arbitrary code. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
