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CVE-2006-4336 Detail

Description

Buffer underflow in the build_tree function in unpack.c in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted leaf count table that causes a write to a negative index.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204676 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21996 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22002 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22009 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22012 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22017 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22027 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22033 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22034 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22043 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22085 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22101 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22435 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22487 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22661 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23153 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23155 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23156 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/23679 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24435 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24636 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-13.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016883 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102766-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-218.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-24.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/554780 CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:167 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_56_gzip.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.020-gzip.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0667.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446426/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450078/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451324/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462007/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20101 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0052/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-349-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1181 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3695 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4275 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4760 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0092 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0832 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29042 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-615 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10140 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-4336
NVD Published Date:
09/19/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.