CVE-1999-1332

Description

gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7845

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh50-errata-general.html#gzip

http://www.osvdb.org/3812

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7241.php

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-308

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88603844115233&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3