CVE-2006-4338: gzip

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified

AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-4338

Published 19-09-2006Last modified 07-08-2024

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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-4338 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in gzip. EPSS estimates a 3.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk

21/100

0100

Low · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

5.0/10

010

Medium · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

3.90%

0%100%

Low · +0.07 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog

RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1

DSA-1181-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10440-1 RHSA-2006:0667

Timeline

19-09-2006
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
07-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

unlzh.c in the LHZ component in gzip 1.3.5 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted GZIP archive.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.05.0

EPSS trend

Probability

3.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.07 pp

From 3.83% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026

EPSS score

3.90%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product

gzip< 1.3.5-15

Gzip1 product

gzip1.3.5

2 vendors · 2 products

References

57 links

www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4760VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4750VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
secunia.com/advisories/23679Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-24.xmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
secunia.com/advisories/24435Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/22085Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/22043Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_56_gzip.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-218.htmX Refsource CONFIRM
secunia.com/advisories/22487Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA

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issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-615X Refsource CONFIRM
secunia.com/advisories/22033Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/22002Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3695VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829X Refsource CONFIRM
secunia.com/advisories/21996Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/23153Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204676X Refsource MISC
secunia.com/advisories/22009Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/22017Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0092VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0667.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1171VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-13.xmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451324/100/0/threadedVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11290VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:21.gzip.ascVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FREEBSD
www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.020-gzip.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource OPENPKG
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-349-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
www.vmware.com/support/esx25/doc/esx-254-200702-patch.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29046VDB EntryX Refsource XF
secunia.com/advisories/22435Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/23156Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464268/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
secunia.com/advisories/22027Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:167Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
secunia.com/advisories/23155Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462007/100/0/threadedVendor AdvisoryX Refsource HP
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20101VDB EntryX Refsource BID
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0052/Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource TRUSTIX
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102766-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUNALERT
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450078/100/0/threadedVendor AdvisoryX Refsource HP
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource APPLE
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446426/100/0/threadedMailing ListX Refsource BUGTRAQ
secunia.com/advisories/24636Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/22012Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com/id?1016883VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWAREPatch
www.osvdb.org/29008VDB EntryX Refsource OSVDB
secunia.com/advisories/22034Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/22101Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1181Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0832VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
secunia.com/advisories/22661Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4275VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4338Advisory

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