CVE-2006-4336

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    CVE-2006-4336

    Published: 19 Sept 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer underflow in the build_tree function in unpack.c in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted leaf count table that causes a write to a negative index.

    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://secunia.com/advisories/22012, http://secunia.com/advisories/22043, 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/554780, 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/29042, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-615, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10140

    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