Ubuntu Update for gzip vulnerabilities USN-889-1

Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-889-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that gzip incorrectly handled certain malformed compressed files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted gzip file, an attacker could cause gzip to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2009-2624) Aki Helin discovered that gzip incorrectly handled certain malformed files compressed with the Lempel&#8211 Ziv&#8211 Welch (LZW) algorithm. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted gzip file, an attacker could cause gzip to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2010-0001)
Affected
gzip vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 8.04 LTS , Ubuntu 8.10 , Ubuntu 9.04 , Ubuntu 9.10