01 Record

CVE-2006-4334

Unspecified vulnerability in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted GZIP (gz) archive, which results in a NULL dereference.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Unspecified vulnerability in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted GZIP (gz) archive, which results in a NULL dereference.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 4.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 90.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published: 2006-09-19 21:00Z20 YR AGO
Last updated: 2024-08-07 19:06Z2 YR AGO
Reserved: 2006-08-24
Assigning CNA: redhat
Record state: PUBLISHED
Severity: Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector: Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses: No CWE assigned
Data version: 5.1
Document digest: 00f1003aa0572f80d2e0784155237528c3a6efb6596777e1e7eacbf38e8ea997

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

gzipgzipNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

www.vupen.comADV-2006-4750http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com23679http://secunia.com/advisories/23679third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com24435http://secunia.com/advisories/24435third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com22085http://secunia.com/advisories/22085third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com22043http://secunia.com/advisories/22043third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:056http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_56_gzip.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-218.htmx_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com22487http://secunia.com/advisories/22487third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-615x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com22033http://secunia.com/advisories/22033third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com22002http://secunia.com/advisories/22002third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com21996http://secunia.com/advisories/21996third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
bugzilla.redhat.comhttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204676x_refsource_MISC
secunia.com22009http://secunia.com/advisories/22009third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com22017http://secunia.com/advisories/22017third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.vupen.comADV-2007-0092http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0092vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0667http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0667.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.vupen.comADV-2007-1171http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200609-13http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-13.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10527https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10527vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
www.securityfocus.comFLSA:211760http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451324/100/0/threadedvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-06:21http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip.ascvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
www.openpkg.orgOpenPKG-SA-2006.020http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.020-gzip.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
www.ubuntu.comUSN-349-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-349-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com22435http://secunia.com/advisories/22435third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgzip-huftbuild-code-execution(29038)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29038vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
www.securityfocus.com20070330 VMSA-2007-0002 VMware ESX security updateshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
secunia.com22027http://secunia.com/advisories/22027third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:167http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:167vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
secunia.com23155http://secunia.com/advisories/23155third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.comHPSBUX02195http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462007/100/0/threadedvendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
www.securityfocus.com20101http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20101vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.trustix.org2006-0052http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0052/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
sunsolve.sun.com102766http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102766-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
www.securityfocus.comHPSBTU02168http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450078/100/0/threadedvendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
www.kb.cert.orgVU#933712http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/933712third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2006-11-28http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
www.us-cert.govTA06-333Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
www.securityfocus.com20060919 rPSA-2006-0170-1 gziphttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446426/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
secunia.com24636http://secunia.com/advisories/24636third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com22012http://secunia.com/advisories/22012third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
patches.sgi.com20061001-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.ascvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
securitytracker.com1016883http://securitytracker.com/id?1016883vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
slackware.comSSA:2006-262http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
secunia.com22034http://secunia.com/advisories/22034third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com22101http://secunia.com/advisories/22101third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.us.debian.orgDSA-1181http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1181vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
www.vupen.comADV-2007-0832http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0832vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com22661http://secunia.com/advisories/22661third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.vupen.comADV-2006-4275http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4275vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

gzip
Fixed in 1.3.5-15

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

gzip
Fixed in 1.3.5-15

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

gzip
Fixed in 1.3.5-15

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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