VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2002-0761
bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly systems, uses the permissions of symbolic links instead of the actual files when creating an archive, which could cause the files to be extracted with less restrictive…
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly systems, uses the permissions of symbolic links instead of the actual files when creating an archive, which could cause the files to be extracted with less restrictive permissions than intended.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th 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/9128.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4776Patch, 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/9128.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4776Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.