Description
zgrep in gzip before 1.3.5 does not properly sanitize arguments, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that are injected into a sed script.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 4.6/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90626Third Party Advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18100Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19183Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22033Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013928Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852Third Party Advisory
- http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.htmlBroken Link, Permissions Required
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-05.xmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:026Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:027Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.002.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/16371Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13582Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-158-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20539Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1081Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1107Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9797Third Party Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90626Third Party Advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18100Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19183Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22033Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013928Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852Third Party Advisory
- http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.htmlBroken Link, Permissions Required
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-05.xmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:026Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:027Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.002.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/16371Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13582Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-158-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20539Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1081Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1107Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9797Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- May 13, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified