CVE-2003-0367 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

znew in the gzip package allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00141.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Gnu	Gzip

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:::::::*

No data.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0362	znew in the gzip package allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-308
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:068
http://www.openpkg.org/security/OpenPKG-SA-2003.031-gzip.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7872
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-38.txt
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0367
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0367

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-06-10T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:50:47.945Z

Reserved: 2003-06-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0367

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2003-07-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2003-0367

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2003-07-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0367 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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