CVE-2004-1349

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-269

Description

gzip before 1.3 in Solaris 8, when called with the -f or -force flags, will change the permissions of files that are hard linked to the target files, which allows local users to view or modify these files.

Affected products

GNU gzip: before 1.3 — fixed in 1.3
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GNU gzip 1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/12744
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57600-1&searchclause=security
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/635998
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11318
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17577
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1654
http://secunia.com/advisories/12744
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57600-1&searchclause=security
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/635998
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11318
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17577
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1654

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