CVE-2005-1228

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.58% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sco.com Vendor Advisory slackware.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html	vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305255	patch
http://www.osvdb.org/15721	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20199	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22033	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752	vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289	vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/15047	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A382	vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A170	vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11057	vdb entry signature
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111402732406477&w=2	mailing list
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18100	third party advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1228?: CVE-2005-1228 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1228?: To fix CVE-2005-1228, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1228 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-1228 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.