debian · CVE-2004-0970

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Priority: medium Published: Updated: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:58:56 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2004-0970 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gzip), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

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.

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