Vulnerability CVE-2009-2624
Published: 2010-01-29   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> GZIP 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514711
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://secunia.com/advisories/38232
http://secunia.com/advisories/38223
http://secunia.com/advisories/38132
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=39a362ae9d9b007473381dba5032f4dfc1744cf2
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507263
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.gzip.bugs/258
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