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CVE-2003-0367

znew in the gzip package allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published

2003-07-02T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	gzip	≤ 1.3.5	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	2.2	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.0	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-308 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:068 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2003.031-gzip.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7872 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-38.txt Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-308 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:068 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2003.031-gzip.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7872 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-38.txt Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)