CVE-2009-2624

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2009-2624
  • Assigner
  • cret@cert.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2010-01-29T18:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2010-11-18T06:29:52
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.3.12
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.2.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38132 Vendor Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=39a362ae9d9b007473381dba5032f4dfc1744cf2
http://secunia.com/advisories/38223 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38232 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514711
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507263
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.gzip.bugs/258
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2624
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2624
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 11:08:12 Added to TrackCVE