Description
Integer underflow in the unlzw function in unlzw.c in gzip before 1.4 on 64-bit platforms, as used in ncompress and probably others, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive that uses LZW compression, leading to an array index error.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DSA |
DSA-1974-1 | New gzip packages fix arbitrary code execution |
Debian DSA |
DSA-2074-1 | New ncompress packages fix execution of arbitrary code |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-889-1 | gzip vulnerabilities |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T00:30:47.036Z
Reserved: 2009-12-14T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2010-0001
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Status : Modified
Published: 2010-01-29T18:30:00.947
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2010-0001
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DSA
Ubuntu USN