CVE-2004-0970

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: 2005-02-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

GNU gzip: 1.2.4a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/13131
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
http://secunia.com/advisories/13131
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583

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