| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-752-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| gzip (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.10-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.12-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.12-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gzip | source | woody | 1.3.2-3woody5 | DSA-752-1 | ||
| gzip | source | (unstable) | 1.3.5-10 |