fkie_cve-2004-0970
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2005-02-09 05:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
The (1) gzexe, (2) zdiff, and (3) znew scripts in the gzip package, as used by other packages such as ncompress, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the znew vulnerability may overlap CVE-2003-0367.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/13131
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/13131
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu gzip 1.2.4a


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  "id": "CVE-2004-0970",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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