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CVE-2004-0970

The (1) gzexe, (2) zdiff, and (3) znew scripts in the gzip package, as used by other packages such as ncompress, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the znew vulnerability may overlap CVE-2003-0367.

Published

2005-02-09T05:00:00.000

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
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	gzip	1.2.4a	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/13131 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 ([email protected])
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/13131 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)