GZip ZNew Insecure Temporary File Creation Symbolic Link Vulnerability

BID:7872

Info

GZip ZNew Insecure Temporary File Creation Symbolic Link Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7872
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0367
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 11 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:06PM
Credit: Discovery credited to Paul Szabo.
Vulnerable: SGI IRIX 6.5.22
SGI IRIX 6.5.21 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.21 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.21
SGI IRIX 6.5.20 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.20 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.20
SGI IRIX 6.5.19 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.19 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.19
SGI IRIX 6.5.18 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.18 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.18
SGI IRIX 6.5.17 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.17 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.17
SGI IRIX 6.5.16 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.16 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.16
SGI IRIX 6.5.15 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.15 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.15
SGI IRIX 6.5.14 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.14 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.14
SGI IRIX 6.5.13 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.13 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.13
SGI IRIX 6.5.12 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.12 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.12
SGI IRIX 6.5.11 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.11 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.11
SGI IRIX 6.5.10 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.10 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.10
SGI IRIX 6.5.9 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.9 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.9
SGI IRIX 6.5.8 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.8 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.8
SGI IRIX 6.5.7 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.7 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.7
SGI IRIX 6.5.6 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.6 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.6
SGI IRIX 6.5.5 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.5 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.5
SGI IRIX 6.5.4 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.4 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.4
SGI IRIX 6.5.3 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.3 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.3
SGI IRIX 6.5.2 m
SGI IRIX 6.5.2 f
SGI IRIX 6.5.2
SGI IRIX 6.5.1
SGI IRIX 6.5 20
SGI IRIX 6.5 .19m
SGI IRIX 6.5 .19f
SGI IRIX 6.5
GNU gzip 1.3.5
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1
GNU gzip 1.3.3
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc3
 + Gentoo Linux 1.4 _rc2
 GNU gzip 1.3.2
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
GNU gzip 1.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.1 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.0 alpha
 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
GNU gzip 1.2.4
+ Debian Linux 2.2 sparc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc
 + Debian Linux 2.2 IA-32
 + Debian Linux 2.2 arm
 + Debian Linux 2.2 alpha
 + Debian Linux 2.2 68k
 + Redhat Linux 6.1 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 6.1 i386
 + Redhat Linux 6.1 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 6.0 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 6.0 alpha
 + Redhat Linux 6.0
+ Redhat Linux 5.2 sparc
 + Redhat Linux 5.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 5.2 alpha
 + Slackware Linux 8.0
+ Slackware Linux 7.1
+ Slackware Linux 7.0
+ Sun Solaris 8_x86
 + Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Not Vulnerable: SGI IRIX 6.5.23

Solution / Fix

GZip ZNew Insecure Temporary File Creation Symbolic Link Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian has made fixes available. See referenced advisory DSA-308-1 for additional details.

Gentoo Linux has released an advisory. Users who have installed sys-apps/gzip are advised to upgrade to gzip-1.3.3-r2 by issuing the following commands:

emerge sync
emerge gzip
emerge clean

SGI has released advisory 20040104-01-P to address this issue.
Patch 5424 will be released for IRIX versions later than 6.5.17.
Users should upgrade to one of these versions and then apply the
patch when it is available. Further details can be found in the
attached advisory.

Fixes have been made available:


GNU gzip 1.2.4 a

GNU gzip 1.2.4

GNU gzip 1.3.2

GNU gzip 1.3.5

References

GZip ZNew Insecure Temporary File Creation Symbolic Link Vulnerability

References:

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