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CVE-2005-1228
Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a…
Medium5.0EPSS 3.6%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- APPLE-SA-2006-08-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305255 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 15721 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- gzip-n-directory-traversal(20199) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3101 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21253 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-752 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 101816 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:357 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 19289 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- TA06-214A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 15047 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:382 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:170 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11057 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20050420 gzip directory traversal vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 18100 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSA:2006-262 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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