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CVE-2004-0970: gnu gzip

CVSS: 2.1v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2004-0970DSA-588-1
Published 20-10-2004Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-0970 is a low (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability in gnu gzip. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
8/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.1/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 20-10-2004
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The (1) gzexe, (2) zdiff, and (3) znew scripts in the gzip package, as used by other packages such as ncompress, allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the znew vulnerability may overlap CVE-2003-0367.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

28%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • gzip< 1.3.5-8 | < 1.3.2-3woody3
Gnu1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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