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CVE-2005-0988

Published: Apr 6, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
3.7CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 53.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

gzipgnuOSS Libraries
freebsdfreebsd
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
linuxgentoo
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
enterprise linuxredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux desktopredhat
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gnuoss-projectUSOSS Librariesaka g. nu
freebsdoss-projectUSOperating Systems
gentoooss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka gentoo linux
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 9 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
ftp.sco.com
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
lists.apple.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
rhn.redhat.com
and 15 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Apr 6, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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