The huft_build function in inflate.c in gzip before 1.3.13 creates a hufts (aka huffman) table that is too small, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or infinite loop) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive. NOTE: this issue is caused by a CVE-2006-4334 regression.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2624
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514711
• http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.gzip.bugs/258
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=507263
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=39a362ae9d9b007473381dba5032f4dfc1744cf2
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38132
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38223
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38232
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
• http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185