Vulnerability Details CVE-2004-0970
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 28.8%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13131
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13131
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583