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ID CVE-2006-4338
Summary unlzh.c in the LHZ component in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted GZIP archive.
References
Vulnerable Configurations
  • cpe:2.3:a:gzip:gzip:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    cpe:2.3:a:gzip:gzip:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS
Base: 5.0 (as of 17-10-2018 - 21:35)
Impact:
Exploitability:
CWE NVD-CWE-Other
CAPEC
Access
VectorComplexityAuthentication
NETWORK LOW NONE
Impact
ConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
NONE NONE PARTIAL
cvss-vector via4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
oval via4
accepted 2013-04-29T04:12:56.972-04:00
class vulnerability
contributors
  • name Aharon Chernin
    organization SCAP.com, LLC
  • name Dragos Prisaca
    organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782
  • comment CentOS Linux 3.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651
  • comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831
  • comment CentOS Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636
  • comment Oracle Linux 4.x
    oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
description unlzh.c in the LHZ component in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted GZIP archive.
family unix
id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11290
status accepted
submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00
title unlzh.c in the LHZ component in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted GZIP archive.
version 29
redhat via4
advisories
bugzilla
id 1618182
title CVE-2006-4338 security flaw
oval
OR
  • comment Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    oval oval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • comment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is installed
      oval oval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304025
    • comment gzip is earlier than 0:1.3.3-16.rhel4
      oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20060667001
    • comment gzip is signed with Red Hat master key
      oval oval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20060667002
rhsa
id RHSA-2006:0667
released 2006-09-19
severity Moderate
title RHSA-2006:0667: gzip security update (Moderate)
rpms
  • gzip-0:1.3.3-13.rhel3
  • gzip-0:1.3.3-16.rhel4
  • gzip-debuginfo-0:1.3.3-13.rhel3
  • gzip-debuginfo-0:1.3.3-16.rhel4
refmap via4
apple APPLE-SA-2006-11-28
bid 20101
bugtraq
  • 20060919 rPSA-2006-0170-1 gzip
  • 20070330 VMSA-2007-0002 VMware ESX security updates
cert TA06-333A
confirm
debian DSA-1181
fedora FLSA:211760
freebsd FreeBSD-SA-06:21
gentoo
  • GLSA-200609-13
  • GLSA-200611-24
hp
  • HPSBTU02168
  • HPSBUX02195
  • SSRT061237
mandriva MDKSA-2006:167
misc http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204676
openpkg OpenPKG-SA-2006.020
osvdb 29008
sectrack 1016883
secunia
  • 21996
  • 22002
  • 22009
  • 22012
  • 22017
  • 22027
  • 22033
  • 22034
  • 22043
  • 22085
  • 22101
  • 22435
  • 22487
  • 22661
  • 23153
  • 23155
  • 23156
  • 23679
  • 24435
  • 24636
sgi 20061001-01-P
slackware SSA:2006-262
sunalert 102766
suse SUSE-SA:2006:056
trustix 2006-0052
ubuntu USN-349-1
vupen
  • ADV-2006-3695
  • ADV-2006-4275
  • ADV-2006-4750
  • ADV-2006-4760
  • ADV-2007-0092
  • ADV-2007-0832
  • ADV-2007-1171
xf gzip-lhz-dos(29046)
statements via4
contributor Mark J Cox
lastmodified 2007-03-14
organization Red Hat
statement Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=220595 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Last major update 17-10-2018 - 21:35
Published 19-09-2006 - 21:07
Last modified 17-10-2018 - 21:35
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