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 permissions to what is specified in the bzip2 archive,…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.2 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.30% probability · 22th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- bzip/bzip2
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-039.0.txt
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:25.bzip2.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9127.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4775Patch, Vendor Advisory
- ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-039.0.txt
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:25.bzip2.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9127.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4775Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.