PT-2001-2360 · Gnu · Gzip

Published 2001-11-18 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2001-1228

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gzip versions 1.2.4 and 1.3.x

Description The issue is related to buffer overflows that might allow attackers to execute code via a long file name. This could potentially be exploited remotely if gzip is run on an FTP server.

Recommendations For gzip version 1.2.4, update to a version that fixes the buffer overflow issue. For gzip version 1.3.x, update to a version that fixes the buffer overflow issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1228

Affected Products

Gzip

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1228 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-002.txt.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/247717 · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/7882.php · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/3712 · Note