Vulnerability in Gnu Gzip

CVE-2005-1228

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.

EPSS: 0.036 (87.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnu Gzip — versions 1.2.4, 1.3.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

References