Description
gzip before 1.3 in Solaris 8, when called with the -f or -force flags, will change the permissions of files that are hard linked to the target files, which allows local users to view or modify these files.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17577 ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57600-1&searchclause=security ↗
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/635998 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1654 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11318 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12744 ↗