CVE-2010-0001

Description

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.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 38.19% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/38220 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40655 third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://ncompress.sourceforge.net/#status
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10546 vdb entry signature
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023490 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1872 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554418
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=a3db5806d012082b9e25cc36d09f19cd736a468f
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40689 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/40551 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7511 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/38223 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6153
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2074 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0061.html vendor advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:019 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:152 vendor advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://secunia.com/advisories/38225 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38232 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/61869 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-0001?
CVE-2010-0001 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-0001?
To fix CVE-2010-0001, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-0001 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-0001 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~38% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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