CVE-2005-0988

LowCVSS 3.7/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier, when decompressing a gzipped file, allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by gzip after the decompression is complete.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.7/10AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 2, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2005-0988: Low severity, CVSS 3.7 | Vulnix