GNU GZip Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:11288

Info

GNU GZip Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11288
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0970
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 30 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 07:06AM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for the discovery of this issue is currently unknown; Trustix security engineers are credited with these discoveries.
Vulnerable: GNU gzip 1.3.3 t
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Workgroup Edition
 + Turbolinux Appliance Server 1.0 Hosting Edition
 + Turbolinux Appliance Server Hosting Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Appliance Server Workgroup Edition 1.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 10.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 9.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
GNU gzip 1.3.3
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc3
 + Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc2
 GNU gzip 1.2.4 a
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 1.0.1
+ MandrakeSoft Multi Network Firewall 2.0
+ MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1 x86_64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0
+ Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.15 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.15 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.14 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.14 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.13 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.13 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.12 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.12 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.11 m
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.11 f
 + SGI IRIX 6.5.10
+ SGI IRIX 6.5.9
+ SGI IRIX 6.5.8
+ SGI IRIX 6.5.7
+ SGI IRIX 6.5.6
+ SGI IRIX 6.5.5
+ SGI IRIX 6.5.4
+ SGI IRIX 6.5.3
+ SGI IRIX 6.5.2
+ SGI IRIX 6.5.1
+ SGI IRIX 6.5
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.5
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.2
+ Trustix Secure Linux 1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

GNU GZip Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

GNU gzip is affected by an unspecified insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. This issue is likely due to a design error that causes the application to fail to verify the existence of a file before writing to it.

An attacker may leverage this issue to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of an unsuspecting user that activates the vulnerable application. Reportedly this issue is unlikely to facilitate privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

GNU GZip Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

GNU GZip Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Trustix Linux has released an advisory (TSL-2004-0050) along with fixes dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Debian Linux has released an advisory (DSA 588-1) along with fixes dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

MandrakeSoft has issued an advisory (MDKSA-2004:142) along with patched upgrades. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

TurboLinux has issued an advisory and fixes for TurboLinux systems. See advisory TLSA-2005-9 in the reference section.


GNU gzip 1.2.4 a

GNU gzip 1.3.3

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GNU GZip Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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