Bug#311887: MAJOR gzip security issue!

2005-06-03 Thread Ron Dorn
Package:gzip Something does not make sense here. There appears to be a MAJOR gzip security issue that seems to violate some basic tenants of Unix security. I have reproduced this on both the latest patched Woody, and the latest Sarge. Here is the issue. Create a test file with the followin

Bug#311888: MAJOR gzip security issue!

2005-06-03 Thread Ron Dorn
Package:gzip Something does not make sense here. There appears to be a MAJOR gzip security issue that seems to violate some basic tenants of Unix security. I have reproduced this on both the latest patched Woody, and the latest Sarge. Here is the issue. Create a test file with the followin