USN-158-1: gzip utility vulnerability
1 August 2005
gzip utility vulnerability
Releases
Details
zgrep did not handle shell metacharacters like '|' and '&' properly
when they occurred in input file names. This could be exploited to
execute arbitrary commands with user privileges if zgrep is run in an
untrusted directory with specially crafted file names.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 5.04
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gzip
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Ubuntu 4.10
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gzip
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In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-161-1: bzip2