CVE-2002-0760 Race condition in bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly other operating systems, decompresses files with world-readable permissions before setting the pe...
LowCVSS 1.2
EPSS 0.30%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
Description
Race condition in bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly other operating systems, decompresses files with world-readable permissions before setting the permissions to what is specified in the bzip2 archive, which could allow local users to read the files as they are being decompressed.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bzip2 | = 0.9.0 | No fix listed |
| bzip2 | = 0.9.0a | No fix listed |
| bzip2 | = 0.9.0b | No fix listed |
| bzip2 | = 0.9.0c | No fix listed |
| bzip2 | = 0.9.5a | No fix listed |
| bzip2 | = 0.9.5b | No fix listed |
| bzip2 | = 0.9.5c | No fix listed |
| bzip2 | = 0.9.5d | No fix listed |
| bzip2 | = 1.0 | No fix listed |
| bzip2 | = 1.0.1 | No fix listed |
References
- bzip2-decompression-race-condition(9127) patch vdb-entry vendor-advisory
- 4775 patch vdb-entry vendor-advisory