CVE-2004-0970

Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%

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.

Published 2004-10-20 · CVE record · OSV

Products: gnu gzip

Distro releases