CVE-2009-2624
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.3.12-8 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.3.12-8 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.3.12-8 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.3.12-8 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.3.12-8 |
References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.gzip.bugs/258
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507263
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=39a362ae9d9b007473381dba5032f4dfc1744cf2
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38132
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38223
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38232
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514711
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2624
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.