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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-1228 · published 2 May 2005

CVE-2005-1228: Gnu gzip vulnerability

Gnu · Gzip

Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed file.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 3.6% · top 10.4%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
3.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
40References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in gunzip -N in gzip 1.2.4 through 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the original filename within a compressed file.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305255 Patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111402732406477&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15047 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18100
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
http://secunia.com/advisories/22033
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752
http://www.osvdb.org/15721
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20199
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11057
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A170
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A382
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305255 Patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111402732406477&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15047 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18100
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
http://secunia.com/advisories/22033
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101816-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-752
http://www.osvdb.org/15721
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20199
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11057
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A170
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A382

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-1228), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.