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    CVE-2006-4337

    Buffer overflow in the make_table function in the LHZ component in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted decoding table in a GZIP archive.

    Published:Sep 19, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 19, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.10293
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gzip
    Product
    Gzip
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204676
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21996
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22002
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22009
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22012
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22017
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22027
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22033
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22034
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22043
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22085
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22101
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22435
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22487
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22661
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23153
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23155
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23156
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23679
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24435
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24636
    http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip.asc
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-13.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016883
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102766-1
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-218.htm
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-24.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:167
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_56_gzip.html
    http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.020-gzip.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0667.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446426/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450078/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451324/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462007/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20101
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0052/
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-349-1
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
    http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1181
    http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3695
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4275
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4760
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0092
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0832
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-615
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11212
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc
    http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204676
    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21996
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22002
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22009
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22012
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22017
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22027
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22033
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22034
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22043
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22085
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22101
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22435
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22487
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22661
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23153
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23155
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23156
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23679
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24435
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24636
    http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip.asc
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-13.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1016883
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102766-1
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-218.htm
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-24.xml
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:167
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_56_gzip.html
    http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.020-gzip.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0667.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446426/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450078/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451324/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462007/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20101
    http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0052/
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-349-1
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
    http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1181
    http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3695
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4275
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4760
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0092
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0832
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-615
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11212

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High