CVE-2004-1349 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2005-01-19

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:8:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1346	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00587.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Gzip

Oracle Solaris

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-01-19T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:46:12.371Z

Reserved: 2005-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1349

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-10-04T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:07:31.480

Link: CVE-2004-1349

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management

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