CVE-2022-1271

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    CVE-2022-1271

    Published: 31 Aug 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An arbitrary file write vulnerability was found in GNU gzip's zgrep utility. When zgrep is applied on the attacker's chosen file name (for example, a crafted file name), this can overwrite an attacker's content to an arbitrary attacker-selected file. This flaw occurs due to insufficient validation when processing filenames with two or more newlines where selected content and the target file names are embedded in crafted multi-line file names. This flaw allows a remote, low privileged attacker to force zgrep to write arbitrary files on the system.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-1271, https://git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=69d1b3fc29677af8ade8dc15dba83f0589cb63d6, https://lists.gnu.org/r/bug-gzip/2022-04/msg00011.html, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1271, https://tukaani.org/xz/xzgrep-ZDI-CAN-16587.patch, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/07/8, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/1xxx/CVE-2022-1271.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1271, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-01, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220930-0006/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073310

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2327a461e1afce862c22269b80d3517801103c1b

    Affected versions

    v5.2.4
    v5.2.3
    v5.2.2
    v5.2.1
    v5.2.0

    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
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