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CVE-2005-0953

Race condition in bzip2 1.0.2 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by bzip2 after the decompression is complete.

Published

2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.7 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	bzip	bzip2	0.9	Yes
Application	bzip	bzip2	0.9.5_a	Yes
Application	bzip	bzip2	0.9.5_b	Yes
Application	bzip	bzip2	0.9.5_c	Yes
Application	bzip	bzip2	0.9.5_d	Yes
Application	bzip	bzip2	0.9_a	Yes
Application	bzip	bzip2	0.9_b	Yes
Application	bzip	bzip2	0.9_c	Yes
Application	bzip	bzip2	1.0	Yes
Application	bzip	bzip2	1.0.1	Yes
Application	bzip	bzip2	1.0.2	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc ([email protected])
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111229375217633&w=2 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27274 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/29940 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1 ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-730 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:026 ([email protected])
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.002.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456430/30/8730/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12954 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19926 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10902 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1154 ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111229375217633&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27274 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27643 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29940 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-730 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:026 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.002.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456430/30/8730/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12954 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19926 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10902 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1154 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)