DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0970

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0970
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0970.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0970
Upstream
Published
2005-02-09T05:00:00Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:12:36.597142Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The (1) gzexe, (2) zdiff, and (3) znew scripts in the gzip package, as used by other packages such as ncompress, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the znew vulnerability may overlap CVE-2003-0367.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / gzip

Package

Name
gzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.5-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0970.json"

Debian:12 / gzip

Package

Name
gzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.5-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0970.json"

Debian:13 / gzip

Package

Name
gzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.5-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0970.json"

Debian:14 / gzip

Package

Name
gzip
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gzip?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.5-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0970.json"