CVE-2004-0970
EPSS 0.10%gzip - insecure temporary files
Published: 2/9/2005Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0970
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/gzipfrom 0, < 1.3.5-8
- Debian/gzipfrom 0, < 1.3.2-3woody3