CVE-1999-1332

published 1999-12-31

CVE-1999-1332: gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

low 2.1 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L Au N C N I P A N

gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	gzip	< gzip 1.3.5-6 (bookworm)	gzip 1.3.5-6 (bookworm)
debian	gzip	—	—
gnu	gzip	<= 1.3.3	—
gzip	gzip	>= 0 < 1.3.5-6	1.3.5-6
gzip	gzip	>= 0 < 1.3.5-6	1.3.5-6
gzip	gzip	>= 0 < 1.3.5-6	1.3.5-6
gzip	gzip	>= 0 < 1.3.5-6	1.3.5-6
redhat	linux	<= 5.0	—

CVSS provenance

nvd 10.0 CRITICAL AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 2.1 LOW