CVE-2005-0988

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A765

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1169

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10242

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394965

http://www.osvdb.org/15487

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852

http://secunia.com/advisories/22033

http://secunia.com/advisories/21253

http://secunia.com/advisories/18100

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3