Vulnerability in GNU Gzip
CVE-2005-0758
zgrep in gzip before 1.3.5 does not properly sanitize arguments, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that are injected into a sed script.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (42.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 42.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Gzip
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 4.10, 5.04
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-158-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/16371 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_pac… (Permissions Required, vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22033 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.002.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9797 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-0758?
- CVE-2005-0758 is a vulnerability in GNU Gzip. Published 2005-05-13.
- Is CVE-2005-0758 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.