CVE-2010-0001
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Integer underflow in the unlzw function in unlzw.c in gzip before 1.4 on 64-bit platforms, as used in ncompress and probably others, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive that uses LZW compression, leading to an array index error.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (gzip) | RHSA-2010:0061 | 2010-01-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (gzip) | RHSA-2010:0061 | 2010-01-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (gzip) | RHSA-2010:0061 | 2010-01-20 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Aki Helin of the Oulu University Secure Programming Group for responsibly reporting this flaw.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation