VulnerabilityModified
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…
LOW 3.7EPSS 0.66%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.7 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.66% probability · 49th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/gzip · freebsd/freebsd · gentoo/linux · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/linux advanced workstation · trustix/secure linux · turbolinux/turbolinux appliance server · turbolinux/turbolinux desktop · turbolinux/turbolinux home · turbolinux/turbolinux server · turbolinux/turbolinux workstation · ubuntu/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
- 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/1/394965Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.htmlUS Government Resource
- 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
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
- 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/1/394965Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.