Race condition in gzip 1.2.4, 1.3.3, and earlier, when decompressing a gzipped file, allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by gzip after the decompression is complete.
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secunia.com/advisories/21253
secunia.com/advisories/22033
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oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A765