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
02 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
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
- 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.8% 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
- 2005-04-06 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-04-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- 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
- d8cb6f9f6d075cc8e73a858ae8179d15bc5f319d55beb1c1a7d185b76af42e10
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2006-08-01http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
- secunia.com22033http://secunia.com/advisories/22033
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3101http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
- secunia.com21253http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
- www.debian.orgDSA-752http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752
- sunsolve.sun.com101816http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2005:357http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
- www.securityfocus.com19289http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
- www.us-cert.govTA06-214Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
- www.securityfocus.com12996http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996
- www.osvdb.org15487http://www.osvdb.org/15487
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:765https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A765
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10242https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10242
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1169https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1169
- ftp.sco.comSCOSA-2005.58ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
- secunia.com18100http://secunia.com/advisories/18100
- slackware.comSSA:2006-262http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852
- www.securityfocus.com20050404 gzip TOCTOU file-permissions vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394965
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- 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
- 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
- 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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