Vulnerability CVE-2006-4337: Information

Description

Buffer overflow in the make_table function in the LHZ component in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted decoding table in a GZIP archive.

Severity: HIGH (7.5)

Vector: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4337

Published: Sept. 19, 2006

Modified: April 3, 2025

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Hyperlink	Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc
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://secunia.com/advisories/21996
http://secunia.com/advisories/22002	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22009	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22012	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22017	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22027
http://secunia.com/advisories/22033	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22034	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22043	Patch Vendor Advisory
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	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-13.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016883
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852	Patch
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.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.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.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-349-1	Vendor Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html	US Government Resource
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1181	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html
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
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-615
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11212

Affected configurations:
1. cpe:2.3:a:gzip:gzip:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Version: v26.2.2