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    CVE-2005-1228

    Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed file.

    Published:Apr 18, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Apr 22, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.04585
    CVSS Score:5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Gzip
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise 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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305255
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111402732406477&w=2
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/15047
    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/15721
    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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20199
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11057
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A170
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A382
    ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305255
    http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111402732406477&w=2
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/15047
    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/15721
    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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20199
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11057
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A170
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A382

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    User Interaction
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