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.
2005-05-13T04:00:00.000
2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Deferred
CVSSv2: 4.6 (MEDIUM)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
3.9
6.4
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | gnu | gzip | < 1.3.5 | Yes |
Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 4.10 | Yes |
Operating System | canonical | ubuntu_linux | 5.04 | Yes |