CVE-2005-0988: Race Condition
First published: Wed Apr 06 2005(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| GNU gzip | =1.3.3 | |
| GNU gzip | =1.2.4 | |
| GNU gzip | =1.2.4a | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.3-releng | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =2.1 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.1.1-stable | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.6-releng | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.4-releng | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.3-release | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =4.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.1.1-release | |
| Trustix Secure Linux | =2.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =3.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.1-releng | |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux | =4.1 | |
| Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation | =2.1 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =4.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.4-stable | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.3 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.6-stable | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =3.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.8-release_p6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =2.1 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.6-release | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.1-release_p5 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.3-stable | |
| Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server | =1.0_workgroup | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.7-stable | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.2.1-releng | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.0-release_p14 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.1-release | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =2.1 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.3-release_p38 | |
| Turbolinux Turbolinux Server | =7.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.5-stable | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.6-release_p20 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.5-release | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.0-releng | |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux | =5.04 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.1-alpha | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.3-release | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.10-releng | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.7-releng | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.2-stable | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.5 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.4-release_p42 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.7 | |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux | =5.04 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.11-releng | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.1 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.10-release | |
| Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation | =7.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.4-releng | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.4 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.9-releng | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.1 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.7-release_p17 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.9-pre-release | |
| Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation | =2.1 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.8-pre-release | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.2 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.5-release_p32 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.11-release_p3 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.10-release_p8 | |
| Turbolinux Turbolinux Home | ||
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =4.0 | |
| Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation | =8.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.8 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.2 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =3.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.4-pre-release | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =2.1 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.0-releng | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.1.1 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.6 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.3 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.10 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.4-release | |
| Turbolinux Turbolinux Appliance Server | =1.0_hosting | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.0-alpha | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =2.1 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.5-releng | |
| Trustix Secure Linux | =2.1 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =4.0 | |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux | =5.04 | |
| Trustix Secure Linux | =2.2 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.2.1-release | |
| Turbolinux Turbolinux Server | =8.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.8-releng | |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux | =4.1 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.3-stable | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.0-alpha | |
| Turbolinux Turbolinux Server | =10.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.7-release | |
| Gentoo Linux | ||
| Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop | =10.0 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.9 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.6.2 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =2.1 | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =5.3-releng | |
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | =4.11-stable | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =3.0 |
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