USN-889-1: gzip vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 9.04
• Ubuntu 8.10
• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• gzip -

Details

It was discovered that gzip incorrectly handled certain malformed
compressed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted gzip file, an attacker could cause gzip to crash or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. (CVE-2009-2624)

Aki Helin discovered that gzip incorrectly handled certain malformed
files compressed with the Lempel–Ziv–Welch (LZW) algorithm. If a user or
automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted gzip file,
an attacker could cause gzip to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-0001)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 9.10

• gzip - 1.3.12-8ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 9.04

• gzip - 1.3.12-6ubuntu2.9.04.1

Ubuntu 8.10

• gzip - 1.3.12-6ubuntu2.8.10.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• gzip - 1.3.12-3.2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• gzip - 1.3.5-12ubuntu0.3

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-2624
• CVE-2010-0001