CVE-2005-0988
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 3.7 Low
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2005-05-02
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
Affected products
- Freebsd (Freebsd)
- Linux (Gentoo)
- Gzip (Gnu)
- Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Linux Advanced Workstation (Redhat)
- Secure Linux (Trustix)
- Turbolinux Appliance Server (Turbolinux)
- Turbolinux Desktop (Turbolinux)
- Turbolinux Home (Turbolinux)
- Turbolinux Server (Turbolinux)
- Turbolinux Workstation (Turbolinux)
- Ubuntu Linux (Ubuntu)
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18100
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22033
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752
- http://www.osvdb.org/15487
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394965
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10242
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1169
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A765
