gzip-devel

• Author: voroskoi
• Vulnerable: 1.3.5-1
• Unaffected: 1.3.5-2siwenna1

Tavis Ormandy has reported some vulnerabilities in gzip, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

• Bug Tracker URL: http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/1210

CVEs:

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4334
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4335
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4336
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4337
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4338