CVE-2005-0988

NameCVE-2005-0988
DescriptionRace 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-752-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gzip (PTS)buster, buster (security)1.9-3+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.10-4+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1.12-1fixed
sid, trixie1.12-1.1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gzipsourcewoody1.3.2-3woody5DSA-752-1
gzipsource(unstable)1.3.5-10

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