CVE-2001-1228

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Buffer overflows in gzip 1.3x, 1.2.4, and other versions might allow attackers to execute code via a long file name, possibly remotely if gzip is run on an FTP server.

Buffer overflows in gzip 1.3x, 1.2.4, and other versions might allow attackers to execute code via a long file name, possibly remotely if gzip is run on an FTP server.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

GNU Gzip

First reported 23 years ago

2001-11-18 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:09:00

Affected Software

GNU Gzip 1.2.4

1.2.4

GNU Gzip 1.2.4a

1.2.4a

GNU Gzip 1.3

1.3

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