National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2004-0603
Original release date:12/06/2004
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
gzexe in gzip 1.3.3 and earlier will execute an argument when the creation of a temp file fails instead of exiting the program, which could allow remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1332.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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External Source: XF
Name: gzip-gzexe-tmpfile(16506)
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 10603
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200406-18
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54890
Type: Advisory