CVE-2004-1349

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Published Jan 19, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

gzip before 1.3 in Solaris 8, when called with the -f or -force flags, will change the permissions of files that are hard linked to the target files, which allows local users to view or modify these files.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gzip::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:8:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1346	gzip before 1.3 in Solaris 8, when called with the -f or -force flags, will change the permissions of files that are hard linked to the target files, which allows local users to view or modify these files.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.587% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/12744
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57600-1&searchclause=security
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/635998
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11318
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17577
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1654

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Gzip

Oracle Solaris

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:46 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 19, 2005, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 12:46 AM
Reserved: Jan 6, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:07 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 4, 2004, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:07 PM

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