CVE-2005-0988
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2005-0988 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
HighAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.0 | alpha | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.0 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.1.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.1.1 | release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.1.1 | stable | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.10 | release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.10 | release_p8 | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.10 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.11 | release_p3 | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.11 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.11 | stable | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.2 | stable | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.3 | release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.3 | release_p38 | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.3 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.3 | stable | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.4 | release_p42 | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.4 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.4 | stable | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.5 | release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.5 | release_p32 | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.5 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.5 | stable | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.6 | release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.6 | release_p20 | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.6 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.6 | stable | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.6.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.7 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.7 | release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.7 | release_p17 | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.7 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.7 | stable | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.8 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.8 | pre-release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.8 | release_p6 | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.8 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.9 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.9 | pre-release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 4.9 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.0 | alpha | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.0 | release_p14 | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.0 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.1 | alpha | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.1 | release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.1 | release_p5 | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.1 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.2.1 | release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.2.1 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.3 | release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.3 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.3 | stable | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.4 | pre-release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.4 | release | All | All |
| Operating System | Freebsd | Freebsd | 5.4 | releng | All | All |
| Operating System | Gentoo | Linux | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.2.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.2.4a | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnu | Gzip | 1.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 2.1 | All | advanced_server | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 2.1 | All | advanced_server_ia64 | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 2.1 | All | enterprise_server | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 2.1 | All | enterprise_server_ia64 | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 2.1 | All | workstation | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 2.1 | All | workstation_ia64 | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 3.0 | All | advanced_server | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 3.0 | All | enterprise_server | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 3.0 | All | workstation_server | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 4.0 | All | advanced_server | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 4.0 | All | enterprise_server | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux | 4.0 | All | workstation | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 3.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 4.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Linux Advanced Workstation | 2.1 | All | ia64 | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Linux Advanced Workstation | 2.1 | All | itanium_processor | All |
| Operating System | Trustix | Secure Linux | 2.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Trustix | Secure Linux | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Trustix | Secure Linux | 2.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Turbolinux | Turbolinux Appliance Server | 1.0_hosting | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Turbolinux | Turbolinux Appliance Server | 1.0_workgroup | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Turbolinux | Turbolinux Desktop | 10.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Turbolinux | Turbolinux Home | All | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Turbolinux | Turbolinux Server | 10.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Turbolinux | Turbolinux Server | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Turbolinux | Turbolinux Server | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Turbolinux | Turbolinux Workstation | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Turbolinux | Turbolinux Workstation | 8.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Ubuntu | Ubuntu Linux | 4.1 | All | ia64 | All |
| Operating System | Ubuntu | Ubuntu Linux | 4.1 | All | ppc | All |
| Operating System | Ubuntu | Ubuntu Linux | 5.04 | All | amd64 | All |
| Operating System | Ubuntu | Ubuntu Linux | 5.04 | All | i386 | All |
| Operating System | Ubuntu | Ubuntu Linux | 5.04 | All | powerpc | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2006-08-01 Security Update 2006-004 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| www.osvdb.org/15487 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.osvdb.org | |
| Apple Mac OS X Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ftp.sco.com | |
| GNU GZip CHMod File Permission Modification Race Condition Weakness | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Patch |
| #101816: Security Vulnerabilities in the gzip(1) Command | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| Slackware update for gzip - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Secunia - Advisories - UnixWare update for gzip | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-752-1 gzip | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | slackware.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-214A -- Apple Mac Products Affected by Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.us-cert.gov | US Government Resource |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2007-03-14 | Mark J Cox | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.