PT-2004-1696 · Gnu · Gzip

Published 2004-06-30 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0603

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gzip versions 1.3.3 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands when the creation of a temp file fails. This occurs because gzexe in gzip will execute an argument instead of exiting the program.

Recommendations For versions 1.3.3 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0603

Affected Products

Gzip

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0603 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-18.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54890 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/10603 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16506 · Note