CVE-2005-0758
zgrep in gzip before 1.3.5 does not properly sanitize arguments, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that are injected into a sed script.
02 Description
zgrep in gzip before 1.3.5 does not properly sanitize arguments, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that are injected into a sed script.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-05-13 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-03-17
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b6f33c3a2c341f1438861a66fb6a8bca783ff479e517365e7db1109dda2b4539
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-158-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-158-1
- www.osvdb.org16371http://www.osvdb.org/16371
- www.fedoralegacy.orgFLSA:158801http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-2732http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:027http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:027
- secunia.com22033http://secunia.com/advisories/22033
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2005:357http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2007-07-31http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html
- www.openpkg.comOpenPKG-SA-2007.002http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.002.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9797https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9797
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1107https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1107
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgzip-zgrep-file-installation(20539)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20539
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200505-05http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-05.xml
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2005.58ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
- patches.sgi.com20060301-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
- www.securityfocus.com25159http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1081https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1081
- www.securityfocus.com13582http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13582
- secunia.com18100http://secunia.com/advisories/18100
- slackware.comSSA:2006-262http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852
- secunia.com19183http://secunia.com/advisories/19183
- securitytracker.com1013928http://securitytracker.com/id?1013928
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:026http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:026
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:474http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90626
- secunia.com26235http://secunia.com/advisories/26235
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- bzip2 Fixed in 1.0.2-8.1
- gzip Fixed in 1.3.5-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bzip2 Fixed in 1.0.2-8.1
- gzip Fixed in 1.3.5-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- bzip2 Fixed in 1.0.2-8.1
- gzip Fixed in 1.3.5-10
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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