oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1169

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1169
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1169
Title: gzip Hard Link Attack
Description: Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier, when decompressing a gzipped file, allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by gzip after the decompression is complete.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2005-0988
Version: 1
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Product(s): gzip
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