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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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.

LOW 3.7EPSS 0.40%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
3.7 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
0.40% probability · 34th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
bzip/bzip2
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.