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CVE-1999-1332

Date: March 9, 2002

gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (8)

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/3812

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7845

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh50-errata-general.html#gzip

Url: http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7241.php

Url: http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88603844115233&w=2

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1332

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-308

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-1999-1332

Severity Score

4.0

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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