TITLE:
UnixWare update for gzip

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18100

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18100/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
UnixWare 7.x.x
http://secunia.com/product/136/

DESCRIPTION:
SCO has issued an update for gzip. This fixes a vulnerability, which
potentially can be exploited by malicious people to extract files to
arbitrary directories on a user's system.

For more information:
SA15047

This also fixes a race condition when setting file permissions and an
input validation error in the zgrep utility.

SOLUTION:
Apply updated package.

UnixWare 7.1.4:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/gzip.image
82e72a751b0cfee5e7e51680052d2651

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SCO:
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.58/SCOSA-2005.58.txt

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15047:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15047/

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