The (1) gzexe, (2) zdiff, and (3) znew scripts in the gzip package, as used by other packages such as ncompress, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the znew vulnerability may overlap CVE-2003-0367.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T00:38:59.919Z
Reserved: 2004-10-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2004-0970

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-02-09T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2004-0970

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