DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0988

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0988
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0988.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0988
Upstream
Published
2005-05-02T04:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:27:38Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / gzip

Package

Name
gzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.5-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / gzip

Package

Name
gzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.5-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / gzip

Package

Name
gzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.5-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / gzip

Package

Name
gzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.5-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}