CVE - CVE-2009-2624

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-2624	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MLIST:[bug-gzip] 20091002 gzip-1.3.13 released [major] URL:http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.gzip.bugs/258 CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507263 CONFIRM:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=39a362ae9d9b007473381dba5032f4dfc1744cf2 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514711 CONFIRM:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435 APPLE:APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html DEBIAN:DSA-1974 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2010:020 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020 SUSE:SUSE-SA:2010:008 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html UBUNTU:USN-889-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1 SECUNIA:38132 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/38132 SECUNIA:38223 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/38223 SECUNIA:38232 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/38232 VUPEN:ADV-2010-0185 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185
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Date Entry Created
20090728	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20090728)
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