Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-889-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
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)
Affected
gzip vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 8.10 ,
Ubuntu 9.04 ,
Ubuntu 9.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2009-2624, CVE-2010-0001 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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