CVE-2004-0970 Affecting gzip package, versions [,1.2.4a]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-GZIP-2319503
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed9 Feb 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Feb 2005

CVE-2004-0970  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for gzip.

Overview

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

CVSS Base Scores

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