Debian Security Advisory
DSA-588-1 gzip -- insecure temporary files
- Date Reported:
- 08 Nov 2004
- Affected Packages:
- gzip
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 11288.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0970. - More information:
-
Trustix developers discovered insecure temporary file creation in supplemental scripts in the gzip package which may allow local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.2-3woody3.
The unstable distribution (sid) is not affected by these problems.
We recommend that you upgrade your gzip package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gzip/gzip_1.3.2-3woody3_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.