CVE-2005-2475
unzip - race condition
EPSS 0.08%
Description
Race condition in Unzip 5.52 allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by Unzip after the decompression is complete.
How to fix CVE-2005-2475
To remediate CVE-2005-2475, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/unzip—upgrade to 5.52-4 or later
- Debian/unzip—upgrade to 5.50-1woody5 or later
Is CVE-2005-2475 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 5.52-4
- from 0, < 5.50-1woody5