CVE-2005-0988

gzip <1.3.3 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier, when decompressing a gzipped file, allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by gzip after the decompression is complete.

References (18)

Core 18
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22033
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/15487
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A765
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10242
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1169
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_sco
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18100
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394965

Scores

EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 29.7%

Details

Status published
Products (15)
freebsd/freebsd 4.0 (3 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd 4.1
freebsd/freebsd 4.1.1 (3 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd 4.2 (2 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd 4.3 (5 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd 4.4 (4 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd 4.5 (5 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd 4.6 (5 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd 4.6.2
freebsd/freebsd 4.7 (5 CPE variants)
... and 5 more
Published May 02, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026