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CVE-2004-0970

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 2005-02-09 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Gzip

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References