Explain CVE-2010-0001
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '38220', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/38220'}, {'name': '40655', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/40655'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-0185', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0185'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://ncompress.sourceforge.net/#status'}, {'name': 'SSRT100018', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083'}, {'name': 'USN-889-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-889-1'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10546', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10546'}, {'name': '1023490', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://securitytracker.com/id?1023490'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-1872', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1872'}, {'name': 'HPSBMA02554', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02286083'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=554418'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gzip.git/commit/?id=a3db5806d012082b9e25cc36d09f19cd736a468f'}, {'name': 'APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_APPLE'], 'url': 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html'}, {'name': 'DSA-1974', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1974'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2010:020', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:020'}, {'name': '40689', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/40689'}, {'name': '40551', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/40551'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7511', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7511'}, {'name': '38223', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/38223'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6153'}, {'name': 'DSA-2074', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2074'}, {'name': 'ADV-2010-1796', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1796'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2010:0061', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0061.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2010:0095', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2010:019', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:019'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2011:152', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:152'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705'}, {'name': '38225', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/38225'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SA:2010:008', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00009.html'}, {'name': '38232', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/38232'}, {'name': '61869', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://www.osvdb.org/61869'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED