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>> Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Gzip Argument Handling Vulnerability
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Title : Ubuntu Security Update Fixes Gzip Argument Handling Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1290
CVE ID : CVE-2005-0758
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-08-01
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Ubuntu has released updated packages to correct a vulnerability identified in Gzip. This flaw is due to an error in zgrep that does not properly handle file names containing shell metacharacters, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running Gzip. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2005-0502
Affected Products
Ubuntu 4.10
Ubuntu 5.04
Solution
Upgrade the affected package to version 1.3.5-9ubuntu3.3 (for Ubuntu 4.10), or 1.3.5-9ubuntu3.4 (for Ubuntu 5.04).
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1290
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-158-1
ChangeLog
2005-08-01 : Initial release
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