gzip: arbitrary-file-write vulnerability

An arbitrary file write vulnerability was found in GNU gzip's zgrep utility. When zgrep is applied on the attacker's chosen file name for example, a crafted file name, this can overwrite an attacker's content to an arbitrary attacker-selected file. This flaw occurs due to insufficient validation...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: gzip security update

An update for gzip is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP Solutions. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is...

gzip: Insecure creation of temporary files

Background gzip GNU zip is popular compression program. The included gzexe utility allows you to compress executables in place and have them automatically uncompress and execute when you run them. Description The script gzexe included with gzip contains a bug in the code that handles tempfile...