CVE-2005-0988

Published May 2, 2005

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier, when decompressing a gzipped file, allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by gzip after the decompression is complete.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.7
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

Vendor comments

  • Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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