MEDIUM
security flaw
Published May 13, 2005
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.53%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
OR
- 4.10
- 5.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
bzip2-0:1.0.2-11.EL3.4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:474
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
gzip-0:1.3.3-12.rhel3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:357
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
bzip2-0:1.0.2-13.EL4.3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:474
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
gzip-0:1.3.3-15.rhel4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:357
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | bzip2-0:1.0.2-11.EL3.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:474 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | gzip-0:1.3.3-12.rhel3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:357 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | bzip2-0:1.0.2-13.EL4.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:474 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | gzip-0:1.3.3-15.rhel4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:357 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.53% 0.00529
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00529
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00529) | 42.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00529) | 40.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00150) | 32.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 29.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 28.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 25.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (31)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCOThird Party Advisory
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGIThird Party Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90626 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306172 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2007/Jul/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-357.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18100 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19183 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22033 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26235 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013928 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.555852 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREThird Party Advisory
- http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORABroken LinkPermissions Required
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200505-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:026 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:027 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGThird Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/16371 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13582 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25159 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-158-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2732 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0758 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617573 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20539 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0758
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1081 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1107 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9797 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0758
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published May 13, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 17, 2005
Link CVE-2005-0758
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a