Gentoo GLSA-200609-13 Normal: Gzip Code Execution Threat Advisory

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200609-13 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: gzip: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: September 23, 2006 Bugs: #145511 ID: 200609-13

Synopsis ======= gzip is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including buffer overflows and infinite loops, possibly allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= gzip, the GNU zip compression utility, is a free and patent unencumbered replacement for the standard compress utility.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-arch/gzip < 1.3.5-r9 >= 1.3.5-r9
========== Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team has reported multiple vulnerabilities in ...