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High RLSA-2022:4582 1 CVE

Important: gzip security update

Published May 17, 2022 · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Summary

The gzip packages contain the gzip (GNU zip) data compression utility. gzip is used to compress regular files. It replaces them with files containing the .gz extension, while retaining ownership modes, access, and modification times.

Security Fix(es):

* gzip: arbitrary-file-write vulnerability (CVE-2022-1271)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 9 gzip 0:1.10-9.el9_0

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2073310