Tavis Ormandy from the Google Security Team discovered several vulnerabilities in gzip, the GNU compression utility. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :
CVE-2006-4334 A NULL pointer dereference may lead to denial of service if gzip is used in an automated manner.
CVE-2006-4335 Missing boundary checks may lead to stack modification, allowing execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2006-4336 A buffer underflow in the pack support code may lead to execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2006-4337 A buffer underflow in the LZH support code may lead to execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2006-4338 An infinite loop may lead to denial of service if gzip is used in an automated manner.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1181. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(22723);
script_version("1.18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4334", "CVE-2006-4335", "CVE-2006-4336", "CVE-2006-4337", "CVE-2006-4338");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1181");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1181-1 : gzip - several vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Tavis Ormandy from the Google Security Team discovered several
vulnerabilities in gzip, the GNU compression utility. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following
problems :
- CVE-2006-4334
A NULL pointer dereference may lead to denial of service
if gzip is used in an automated manner.
- CVE-2006-4335
Missing boundary checks may lead to stack modification,
allowing execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2006-4336
A buffer underflow in the pack support code may lead to
execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2006-4337
A buffer underflow in the LZH support code may lead to
execution of arbitrary code.
- CVE-2006-4338
An infinite loop may lead to denial of service if gzip
is used in an automated manner."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4334"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4335"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4336"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4337"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4338"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1181"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the gzip package.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.3.5-10sarge2."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gzip");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/09/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/10/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/09/20");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"gzip", reference:"1.3.5-10sarge2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | gzip | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gzip |
debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4334
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4335
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4336
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4337
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4338
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1181
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4334
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4335
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4336
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4337
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4338