PT-2010-1266 · Gnu · Gzip

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2010-01-29 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2009-2624

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gzip versions prior to 1.3.13

Description The issue is related to the huft build function in inflate.c, which creates a hufts table that is too small. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, such as an application crash or infinite loop, or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.3.13, update to version 1.3.13 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2624

DSA-1974-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10059-1

Affected Products

Gzip

References · 21

• http://secunia.com/advisories/38132 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2624 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10059-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2624 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2624 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38232 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2624 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38223 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514711 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0001 · Note