Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 9, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2004-0970

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.

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Affected products

GNU/Gzip
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip:1.2.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Ncompress/Ncompressllm-fuzzy
Gzip/Gzipllm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/11288nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-588nvdVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/13131nvd
www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050nvd
www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txtnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583nvd

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