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    CVE-2005-0988

    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.

    Published:Apr 4, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Apr 6, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.00115
    CVSS Score:3.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Freebsd
    Product
    Freebsd
    Vendor
    Gentoo
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Gzip
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux Advanced Workstation
    Vendor
    Trustix
    Product
    Secure Linux
    Vendor
    Turbolinux
    Product
    Turbolinux Appliance Server
    Vendor
    Turbolinux
    Product
    Turbolinux Desktop
    Vendor
    Turbolinux
    Product
    Turbolinux Home
    Vendor
    Turbolinux
    Product
    Turbolinux Server
    Vendor
    Turbolinux
    Product
    Turbolinux Workstation
    Vendor
    Ubuntu
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18100
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22033
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752
    http://www.osvdb.org/15487
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394965
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10242
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1169
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A765
    ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18100
    http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22033
    http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752
    http://www.osvdb.org/15487
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394965
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10242
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1169
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A765

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High