GNU gzexe Temporary File Vulnerability Solution:
Debian has issued upgrades that will eliminate the vulnerability in Debian packages. See DSA-308-1 (in the reference section) for URLs.
SGI has released advisory 20040104-01-P to address this issue.
Patch 5424 will be released for IRIX versions later than 6.5.17.
Users should upgrade to one of these versions and then apply the
patch when it is available. Further details can be found in the
attached advisory.
GNU gzip 1.2.4
GNU gzip 1.3.2