CVE-2004-0970

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    CVE-2004-0970

    Published: 9 Feb 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The (1) gzexe, (2) zdiff, and (3) znew scripts in the gzip package, as used by other packages such as ncompress, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the znew vulnerability may overlap CVE-2003-0367.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/13131, http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050, http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583

    Affected packages

    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