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CVE-2004-0970 (GCVE-0-2004-0970)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-10-20 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:38
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/13131 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt x_refsource_MISC
Date Public
2004-09-30 00:00
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