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Gentoo update for gzip
Secunia Advisory: SA15308
Release Date: 2005-05-10
Popularity: 6,072 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for gzip. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to extract files to arbitrary directories on a user's system.

For more information:
SA15047

This also fixes a race condition when setting file permissions and an input validation error in the zgrep utility.

Change Page:
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