CVE catalog
CVE-2005-0988
gzip: CVE-2005-0988
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.66% · Oct 27, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gzip | sid | 1.14-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gzip | forky | 1.14-1 | fixed |
| Debian | gzip | trixie | 1.13-1+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | gzip | bookworm | 1.12-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | gzip | source | sid | 1.3.5-10 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gzip | source | forky | 1.3.5-10 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gzip | source | trixie | 1.3.5-10 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | gzip | source | bookworm | 1.3.5-10 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [gzip]Fixed
Details (2)
1.12-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.5-10dsa · gzip · debian · bookworm; dsa · gzip · debian · 12
1.12-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.5-10dsa · gzip · debian · bookworm; dsa · gzip · debian · 12
- [gzip-win32]Fixed
Source package: [gzip]
Details (2)
1.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.5-10dsa · gzip · debian · bookworm; dsa · gzip · debian · 12
1.12-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.3.5-10dsa · gzip · debian · bookworm; dsa · gzip · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [gzip]Fixed
Details (2)
1.13-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.3.5-10dsa · gzip · debian · 13
1.13-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.3.5-10dsa · gzip · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0988]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-752-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0988]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2005/cve-2005-0988.json]
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