CVE-2025-64031

libarchive 3.8.x before 3.8.2 has a strcpy heap-based buffer overflow in the gzip writer via the original-filename field to archivecompressorgzipopen in archivewriteaddfiltergzip.c, aka GHSA-92wx-p669-8gr9. This relates to bsdtar. Exploitation envisions a marginally plausible scenario in which...

PT-2026-90992

libarchive 3.8.x before 3.8.2 has a strcpy heap-based buffer overflow in the gzip writer via the original-filename field to archive compressor gzip open in archive write add filter gzip.c, aka GHSA-92wx-p669-8gr9. This relates to bsdtar. Exploitation envisions a marginally plausible scenario in...

ALSA-2026:67146 Important: python-tornado security update

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems. Security Fixes:...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-57224

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. From 8.0.0 until 8.0.6, the DHCP parser in...

tar: node-tar: Denial of Service via crafted gzip bomb

A flaw was found in node-tar, a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to craft a small gzip bomb, which, when processed, can lead to the exhaustion of disk space and CPU resources. This occurs because node-tar does not enforce strict limits on t...

tar: node-tar: Denial of Service via crafted gzip bomb

A flaw was found in node-tar, a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to craft a small gzip bomb, which, when processed, can lead to the exhaustion of disk space and CPU resources. This occurs because node-tar does not enforce strict limits on t...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46387

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5, Suricata's HTTP/2 decompression path could grow the decompressed response-body buffer without an effective upper bound. A crafted HTTP/2 DATA...

gzip security update

An update is available for gzip. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The gzip packages contain the gzip GNU zip data compression utility. gzip is use...

RLSA-2026:65998 Moderate: gzip security update

The gzip packages contain the gzip GNU zip data compression utility. gzip is used to compress regular files. It replaces them with files containing the .gz extension, while retaining ownership modes, access, and modification times. Security Fixes: gzip: gzip: Arbitrary file overwrite via insecure...

Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: gzip (UTSA-2026-107043)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-107043 advisory. GNU gzip contains a vulnerability in the gzexe utility related to insecure temporary file handling. When the mktemp utility is not available in the users PATH, gzexe...

RockyLinux 8 : gzip (RLSA-2026:65998)

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:65998 advisory. gzip: gzip: Arbitrary file overwrite via insecure temporary file handling in gzexe utility CVE-2026-41991 gzip: gzip: Information disclosure via global...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : Gzip vulnerabilities (USN-8733-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8733-1 advisory. Micha Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that Gzip's gzexe utility created temporary files in an insecure manner when mktemp was unavailable....

AlmaLinux 8 : gzip (ALSA-2026:65998)

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:65998 advisory. gzip: gzip: Arbitrary file overwrite via insecure temporary file handling in gzexe utility CVE-2026-41991 gzip: gzip: Information disclosure via global...

Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: gzip (UTSA-2026-107042)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-107042 advisory. GNU gzip contains a global buffer overflow vulnerability in the LZH decompression logic caused by improper reuse of shared global state between different decompressi...

gzip security update

1.9-15 - Fix the wrong date in the previous changelog message - There's an updated version of the CVE-2026-41992 fix Resolves: CVE-2026-41992 1.9-14 - Fix an issue with a temporary file creations when mktemp is missing 41991 - Fix a global buffer overflow vulnerability in the LZH decompression...

CVE-2026-46387: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

Suricata is a network Intrusion Detection System, Intrusion Prevention System and Network Security Monitoring engine. Prior to versions 7.0.16 and 8.0.5, Suricata's HTTP/2 decompression path could grow the decompressed response-body buffer without an effective upper bound. A crafted HTTP/2 DATA...

Oracle Linux 8 : ELSA-2026-65998-0: / gzip (ELSA-2026-659980)

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-659980 advisory. - There's an updated version of the CVE-2026-41992 fix Resolves: CVE-2026-41992 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from t...

gzip: gzip: Arbitrary file overwrite via insecure temporary file handling in gzexe utility

A flaw was found in the gzexe utility of GNU gzip. When the mktemp utility is not available, gzexe creates temporary files with predictable names based on the process ID. A local attacker can exploit this by pre-creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file at the predicted temporary file path...

gzip: gzip: Information disclosure via global buffer overflow in LZH decompression

A flaw was found in GNU gzip. This global buffer overflow vulnerability in the LZH decompression logic is caused by improper reuse of shared global state between different decompression formats. An attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted LZW file followed by a specially crafted...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: gzip security update

An update for gzip is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the C...