CVE-2005-0988

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0988
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
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.

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
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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