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.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gzip | Gnu | 1.2.4 (including) | 1.2.4 (including) |
| Gzip | Gnu | 1.2.4a (including) | 1.2.4a (including) |
| Gzip | Gnu | 1.3.3 (including) | 1.3.3 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | RedHat | gzip-0:1.3.3-12.rhel3 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | gzip-0:1.3.3-15.rhel4 | * |
| Gzip | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Gzip | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Gzip | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Gzip | Ubuntu | feisty | * |