CVE-2009-2624

Name	CVE-2009-2624
Description	The huft_build function in inflate.c in gzip before 1.3.13 creates a hufts (aka huffman) table that is too small, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or infinite loop) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted archive. NOTE: this issue is caused by a CVE-2006-4334 regression.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1974-1
Debian Bugs	507263

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
gzip (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	1.6-4+deb8u1	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	1.6-5+deb9u1	fixed
	buster, buster (security)	1.9-3+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye (security), bullseye	1.10-4+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1.12-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	1.12-1.1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
gzip	source	etch	1.3.5-15+etch1		DSA-1974-1
gzip	source	lenny	1.3.12-6+lenny1		DSA-1974-1
gzip	source	(unstable)	1.3.12-8	medium		507263