CVE-2005-0988

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    CVE-2005-0988

    Published: 2 May 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394965, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996, 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://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.osvdb.org/15487, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html, 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

    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