GNU gzip up to 1.3.4 privileges management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNU gzip up to 1.3.4. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

zgrep in gzip before 1.3.5 does not properly sanitize arguments, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that are injected into a sed script.

The bug was discovered 05/09/2005. The weakness was released 05/09/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at gentoo.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0758 since 03/17/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21829 (CentOS 3 / 4 : bzip2 (CESA-2005:474)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117914 (CentOS Security Update for gzip (CESA-2005:357)).

Upgrading to version 1.3.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20539) and Tenable (21829). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 1410, 23424, 23658 and 24770.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21829
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : bzip2 (CESA-2005:474)
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OpenVAS ID: 57385
OpenVAS Name: Slackware Advisory SSA:2006-262-01 gzip
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: gzip 1.3.5

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Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: gentoo.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0758 (🔍)
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X-Force: 20539
SecurityTracker: 1013928
Vulnerability Center: 7957 - Gzip Allows Installing Files via zgrep Utility, Low
SecurityFocus: 13582 - Gzip Zgrep Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 15308 - Gentoo update for gzip, Less Critical
OSVDB: 16371 - zgrep Unspecified Arbitrary Command Execution
Vupen: ADV-2007-2732

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Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/01/2019 11:30
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (89), 06/01/2019 11:30 (2)
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