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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

ALSA-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...

RHEL 8 : gzip (RHSA-2026:65998)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:65998 advisory. The gzip packages contain the gzip GNU zip data compression utility. gzip is used to compress regular files. It replaces them with files...

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...

EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : gzip (EulerOS-SA-2026-3341)

According to the versions of the gzip packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : GNU gzip contains a global buffer overflow vulnerability in the LZH decompression logic caused by improper reuse of shared global state between...

EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : gzip (EulerOS-SA-2026-3266)

According to the versions of the gzip packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : GNU gzip contains a global buffer overflow vulnerability in the LZH decompression logic caused by improper reuse of shared global state between...

USN-8733-1: Gzip vulnerabilities

Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that Gzip's gzexe utility created temporary files in an insecure manner when mktemp was unavailable. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. CVE-2026-41991 Elias Hasas, Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin...

USN-8733-1 gzip vulnerabilities

Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin Wyczechowski discovered that Gzip's gzexe utility created temporary files in an insecure manner when mktemp was unavailable. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files. CVE-2026-41991 Elias Hasas, Michał Majchrowicz and Marcin...

MiracleLinux 9 : gzip-1.12-2.el9_8 (AXSA:2026-1737:01)

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1737:01 advisory. gzip: gzip: Arbitrary file overwrite via insecure temporary file handling in gzexe utility CVE-2026-41991 gzip: gzip: Information disclosure via...

RLSA-2026:61625 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...

gzip security update

An update is available for gzip. This update affects Rocky Linux 10. 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 us...

RLSA-2026:61623 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...

gzip security update

An update is available for gzip. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. 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...

AlmaLinux 9 : gzip (ALSA-2026:61623)

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:61623 advisory. gzip: gzip: Arbitrary file overwrite via insecure temporary file handling in gzexe utility CVE-2026-41991 gzip: gzip: Information disclosure via global...