[Bug 1358762] Re: Included gzip 1.2.4 has several vulnerabilities

[Marc Deslauriers]

** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security

** Changed in: klibc (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Included gzip 1.2.4 has several vulnerabilities

Status in “klibc” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The included gzip version is quite old (version 1.2.4) and has several
  security vulnerabilities.

  Check http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search-
  results?adv_search=true&cves=on&cpe_version=cpe:/a:gnu:gzip:1.2.4 for
  example.

  I explicitly checked for CVE-2001-1228, which was not fixed by a patch
  in the klibc package, so I assume the other vulnerabilities are not
  fixed either.

  I think it would be a good idea to update the included gzip to a
  current version.

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