CVE-2005-1228
Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed
02 Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed
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
- 3.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.9% 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
- 2005-04-22 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:44Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-04-22
- 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
- faf03f637754076f846c3b810dd635a202bedafa3b827691a28de0395b2a915b
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2006-08-01http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305255
- www.osvdb.org15721http://www.osvdb.org/15721
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgzip-n-directory-traversal(20199)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20199
- 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
- secunia.com15047http://secunia.com/advisories/15047
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:382https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A382
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:170https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A170
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11057https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11057
- marc.info20050420 gzip directory traversal vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111402732406477&w=2
- 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
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.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.