CVE-2004-0970

Published Feb 9, 2005

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.2.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "752BDD31-53A2-4246-8E95-77694548DB2B"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References