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Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Gzip Argument Handling Vulnerability

Title : Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Gzip Argument Handling Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-1290
CVE ID : CVE-2005-0758
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Moderate Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-08-01

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Technical Description

Ubuntu has released updated packages to correct a vulnerability identified in Gzip. This flaw is due to an error in zgrep that does not properly handle file names containing shell metacharacters, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running Gzip. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-0502

ChangeLog

2005-08-01 : Initial release

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