debian · CVE-2005-2096

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Priority: medium Published: Updated: Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:01:25 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2005-2096 medium priority: Debian including 14 source packages (aide, bacula, …), 68 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 68.

Description:

zlib 1.2 and later versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted compressed stream with an incomplete code description of a length greater than 1, which leads to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated using a crafted PNG file.

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