CVE-1999-1332

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 1999-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

RedHat Linux: through 5.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88603844115233&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-308
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7241.php
http://www.osvdb.org/3812
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh50-errata-general.html#gzip
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7845
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88603844115233&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-308
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7241.php
http://www.osvdb.org/3812
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh50-errata-general.html#gzip
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7845

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