CVE-2009-2624

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    CVE-2009-2624

    Published: 29 Jan 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/38132, http://secunia.com/advisories/38223, http://secunia.com/advisories/38232, 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, 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://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435

    Affected packages

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