Gentoo GLSA-200609-13 Normal: Gzip Code Execution Threat Advisory
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September 23, 2006
gzip is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including buffer overflows and infinite loops, possibly allowing the execution of arbitrary code
Summary
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
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gzip is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including buffer
overflows and infinite loops, possibly allowing the execution of
arbitrary code.
Background
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gzip, the GNU zip compression utility, is a free and patent
unencumbered replacement for the standard compress utility.
Affected packages
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1 app-arch/gzip < 1.3.5-r9 >= 1.3.5-r9
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Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team has reported multiple
vulnerabilities in ...
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