Description
The huft_build function in inflate.c in gzip before 1.3.13 creates a hufts (aka huffman) table that is too small, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or infinite loop) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive. NOTE: this issue is caused by a CVE-2006-4334 regression.
Affected products
- gnu / gzip1.3.12
- gnu / gzip1.2.4 – 1.2.4
- gnu / gzip1.2.4a – 1.2.4a
- gnu / gzip1.3 – 1.3
- gnu / gzip1.3.1 – 1.3.1
- gnu / gzip1.3.2 – 1.3.2
- gnu / gzip1.3.3 – 1.3.3
- gnu / gzip1.3.4 – 1.3.4
- gnu / gzip1.3.5 – 1.3.5
- gnu / gzip1.3.6 – 1.3.6
- gnu / gzip1.3.7 – 1.3.7
- gnu / gzip1.3.8 – 1.3.8
- gnu / gzip1.3.9 – 1.3.9
- gnu / gzip1.3.10 – 1.3.10
- gnu / gzip1.3.11 – 1.3.11
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1
- MISChttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514711
- MISChttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.gzip.bugs/258
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020
- MISChttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=39a362ae9d9b007473381dba5032f4dfc1744cf2
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38223
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38132
- MAILING_LISThttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/38232
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507263