Fluid Attacks Database

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	gzip	>=0 <1.3.5-10	1.3.5-10
debian 13	gzip	>=0 <1.3.5-10	1.3.5-10
debian 14	gzip	>=0 <1.3.5-10	1.3.5-10

Aliases

1. CVE-2005-09882. NVD-2005-09883. OSV-DEBIAN-2005-09884. OSV-2005-09885. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2005-0988

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