CVE-2005-0988

N/A Unknown
Published: May 02, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/15487
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394965
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/18100
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22033
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/15487
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394965
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
30th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

redhat ubuntu gnu gentoo turbolinux trustix freebsd