CVE-1999-1332 (NVD)

1999-12-31

gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Products Linux
Type ? (NVD-CWE-Other)
First patch - None (likely due to unavailable code)
Links • http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh50-errata-general.html#gzip
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-308
• http://www.osvdb.org/3812
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88603844115233&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7845