CVE-2009-2624

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2624
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercertcc
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-01-29 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Gzip 1.2.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.2.4a All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3.1 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3.10 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3.11 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3.2 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3.3 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3.4 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3.5 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3.6 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3.7 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3.8 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip 1.3.9 All All All
Application Gnu Gzip All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian update for gzip - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
About the security content of Mac OS X v10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1 Mac OS X v10.6.5 and Security Update 2010-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
GNU gzip "huft_build()" Input Sanitation Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1974-1 gzip af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Ubuntu update for gzip - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 514711 – CVE-2009-2624 gzip: Missing input sanitation by decompressing dynamic Huffman code blocks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: acoread (SUSE-SA:2010:00 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
gzip.git - Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.savannah.gnu.org
USN-889-1: gzip vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
#507263 - gzip: segfaults on deflate of malformed input file - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Gmane -- gzip 1.3.13 released major af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 article.gmane.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-02-02Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of gzip as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
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