vulnerability

FreeBSD: VID-b019585a-bfea-11ec-b46c-b42e991fc52e (CVE-2022-1271): zgrep -- arbitrary file write

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Apr 19, 2022
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Dec 10, 2025

Description

RedHat reports: An arbitrary file write vulnerability was found in GNU gzip's zgrep utility. When zgrep is applied on the attacker's chosen file name (for example, a crafted file name), this can overwrite an attacker's content to an arbitrary attacker-selected file. This flaw occurs due to insufficient validation when processing filenames with two or more newlines where selected content and the target file names are embedded in crafted multi-line file names. This flaw allows a remote, low privileged attacker to force zgrep to write arbitrary files on the system.

Solution

freebsd-upgrade-package-gzip
Title
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