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gzip — security advisory
gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
- Products
- gzip
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.3.5-6
- CVEs
- CVE-1999-1332
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:17 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
gzexe in the gzip package on Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-1999-1332
gzip
Fixed versions: 1.3.5-6
gzip
Fixed versions: 1.3.5-6
gzip
Fixed versions: 1.3.5-6
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:30.640809406Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-1999-1332"
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"security_relevant": true,
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 410723,
"published_at": "1999-12-31T05:00:00+00:00"
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