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If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important. If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery. Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> Debian Local Security Checks >> [DSA752] DSA-752-1 gzip Vulnerability Assessment Details
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[DSA752] DSA-752-1 gzip |
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DSA-752-1 gzip Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Two problems have been discovered in gzip, the GNU compression utility. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems. Imran Ghory discovered a race condition in the permissions setting code in gzip. When decompressing a file in a directory an attacker has access to, gunzip could be tricked to set the file permissions to a different file the user has permissions to. Ulf Härnhammar discovered a path traversal vulnerability in gunzip. When gunzip is used with the -N option a possible hacker could use this vulnerability to create files in an arbitrary directory with the permissions of the user. For the oldstable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.2-3woody5. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.5-10. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.5-10. We recommend that you upgrade your gzip package. Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2005 Michel Arboi |
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