CVE-2005-0758

Publication date 13 May 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

zgrep in gzip before 1.3.5 does not properly sanitize arguments, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via filenames that are injected into a sed script.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
bzip2 7.04 feisty
Fixed in 1.0.3-0ubuntu2
6.10 edgy
Fixed in 1.0.3-0ubuntu2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed in 1.0.3-0ubuntu2
gzip 7.04 feisty
Fixed in 1.3.5-14ubuntu1
6.10 edgy
Fixed in 1.3.5-14ubuntu1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed in 1.3.5-12ubuntu0.1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-161-1
    • bzip2 utility vulnerability
    • 5 August 2005
    • USN-158-1
    • gzip utility vulnerability
    • 1 August 2005

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