CVE-2006-4335

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    CVE-2006-4335

    Published: 19 Sept 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Array index error in the make_table function in unlzh.c in the LZH decompression component in gzip 1.3.5, when running on certain platforms, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GZIP archive that triggers an out-of-bounds write, aka a "stack modification vulnerability."

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc, 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://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.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-349-1, 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, 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://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.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/381508, 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.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, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29040, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-615, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10391

    Affected packages

    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