CVE ID:	CAN-2005-2459
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.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-2459 BugTraq ID: 14720 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14720 Debian Security Information: DSA-921 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 Debian Security Information: DSA-922 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94584 http://secunia.com/advisories/16355/ http://secunia.com/advisories/16500 http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 http://secunia.com/advisories/17918 http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:050 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2005:068 (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419522/100/0/threaded https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/