CVEvulnerability
CVE-2004-0603
10.0 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2004-12-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
gzexe in gzip 1.3.3 and earlier will execute an argument when the creation of a temp file fails instead of exiting the program, which could allow remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1332.
Affected configurations
• gnu gzip (<= 1.3.3)
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54890 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-18.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10603 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16506 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54890 Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-18.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10603 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16506 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com