CVE-2005-0953

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0953
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-19 15:31:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
APPLE-SA-2007-11-14 Mac OS X v10.4.11 and Security Update 2007-008 APPLE lists.apple.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA07-319A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Apple Mac OS X v10.4.11 2007-008 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
200191 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
NetBSD update for bzip2 - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
bzip2 chmod File Permission Modification Race Condition Weakness BID www.securityfocus.com
Sun Solaris bzip2 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
'bzip2 TOCTOU file-permissions vulnerability' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-730-1 bzip2 DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
The Fedora Legacy Project FEDORA www.fedoralegacy.org
NetBSD-SA2008-004 NETBSD ftp.netbsd.org
OpenPKG Corporation: Security: Security Advisories OPENPKG www.openpkg.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.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 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
20060301-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
About the security content of Mac OS X 10.4.11 and Security Update 2007-008 CONFIRM docs.info.apple.com
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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