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CVE-2005-1228 Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed fil...

MediumCVSS 5.0 EPSS 3.6%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed file.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
GNU gzip = 1.2.4 No fix listed
GNU gzip = 1.3.3 No fix listed
debian/gzip(Debian:12) < 1.3.5-10 1.3.5-10
debian/gzip(Debian:13) < 1.3.5-10 1.3.5-10
debian/gzip(Debian:14) < 1.3.5-10 1.3.5-10

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