Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS : Gzip vulnerabilities (USN-8512-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 26.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8512-1 advisory. It was discovered that Gzip's gzexe utility handled temporary files in an insecure manner. When the mktemp utility was not...

USN-8512-1: Gzip vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Gzip's gzexe utility handled temporary files in an insecure manner. When the mktemp utility was not available, gzexe constructed a temporary file path based on the process ID, which could be predicted. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary...