SciLinux: CVE-2010-0001 Moderate: gzip Crash Risk on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x

Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:33:33 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
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From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: gzip on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: gzip security update
Issue date:	2010-01-20
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-0001

CVE-2010-0001 gzip: (64 bit) Integer underflow by decompressing LZW
format files

An integer underflow flaw, leading to an array index error, was found in
the way gzip expanded archive files compressed with the Lempel-Ziv-Welch
(LZW) compression algorithm. If a victim expanded a specially-crafted
archive, it could cause gzip to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running gzip. This flaw only
affects 64-bit systems. (CVE-2010-0001)

SL 3.0.x

 SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.3-15.rhel3.src.rpm
 i386:
gzip-1.3.3-15.rhel3.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
gzip-1.3.3-15.rhel3.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

 SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.3-18.el4_8.1.src.rpm
 i386:
gzip-1.3.3-18.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
gzip-1.3.3-18.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
gzip-1.3.5-11.el5_4.1.src.rpm
 i386:
gzip-1.3.5-11.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
gzip-1.3.5-11.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson