Gentoo: gzip Insecure temp files
znew and gzexe in the gzip package allows local users to overwritearbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Summary
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znew and gzexe in the gzip package allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running sys-apps/gzip upgrade to gzip-1.3.3-r2 as follows
emerge sync emerge gzip emerge clean
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Resolution
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Severity
PACKAGE : gzip
SUMMARY : insecure temporary files
DATE : 2003-06-14 16:40 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : =gzip-1.3.3-r2
CVE : CVE-1999-1332 CAN-2003-0367
Background
