| Name | CVE-2004-0970 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-588-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 257314, 259043 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| gzip (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.6-4+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.6-5+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.9-3+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.10-4+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1.12-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.12-1.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gzip | source | woody | 1.3.2-3woody3 | DSA-588-1 | ||
| gzip | source | (unstable) | 1.3.5-8 | medium | 257314, 259043 |