DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0988

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0988

    Published: 2 May 2005Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2005-0988

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0988

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: gzip

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.5-10

    Affected versions

    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