Fluid Attacks Database

Description

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	gzip	>=0 <1.3.5-8	1.3.5-8
debian 13	gzip	>=0 <1.3.5-8	1.3.5-8
debian 14	gzip	>=0 <1.3.5-8	1.3.5-8

Aliases

1. CVE-2004-09702. NVD-2004-09703. OSV-DEBIAN-2004-09704. OSV-2004-09705. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2004-0970

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