CVE-2005-0988 Information

Description

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.

Reference

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html http://secunia.com/advisories/18100 http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 http://secunia.com/advisories/22033 http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752 http://www.osvdb.org/15487 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394965 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12996 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10242 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A1169 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A765