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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.5
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Gunzip | — | Apply OS X security update 2006-004 | Dec 16, 2011 | May 2, 2005 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade gzip | Jul 30, 2024 | May 2, 2005 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade gzipUpgrade FreeBSD | Dec 10, 2025 | Jun 18, 2005 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-arch/gzip. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 2, 2005 |
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