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FreeBSD Ports: gzip
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following package is affected: gzip CVE-2005-0988 Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier when decompressing a gzip 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. CVE-2005-1228 Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed file.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=111271860708210 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=111402732406477 http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/63bd4bad-dffe-11d9-b875-0001020eed82.html