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CVE-2005-1228

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2005-05-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed file.

Affected Platforms

Gnu Gzip

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References