CVE-2005-0953

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0953
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9 All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9.5_a All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9.5_b All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9.5_c All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9.5_d All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9_a All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9_b All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 0.9_c All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 1.0 All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 1.0.1 All All All
Application Bzip Bzip2 1.0.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NetBSD update for bzip2 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
The Fedora Legacy Project af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.fedoralegacy.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About the security content of Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Security Update 2007-008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.info.apple.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-319A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-730-1 bzip2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Sun Solaris bzip2 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Apple Mac OS X v10.4.11 2007-008 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2007-11-14 Mac OS X v10.4.11 and Security Update 2007-008 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
#200191: Two Security Vulnerabilities in the bzip2(1) Command may Allow the Permissions of Arbitrary Files to be Modified or Allow for Arbitrarily Large Files to be Created af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
bzip2 chmod File Permission Modification Race Condition Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
OpenPKG Corporation: Security: Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openpkg.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
'bzip2 TOCTOU file-permissions vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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