CVE-2005-2475

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2475
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-08-05 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in Unzip 5.52 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 Unzip after the decompression is complete.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Info-zip Unzip 5.52 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
usn/usn-191-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian update for unzip - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.39/SCOSA-2005.39.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com
OpenServer : UnZip File Permissions Change Vulnerability - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0053 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
www.osvdb.org/18530 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SCO OpenServer update for unzip - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Info-ZIP Frequently Asked Questions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.info-zip.org
Secunia - Advisories - Trustix update for unzip af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for unzip af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Info-ZIP UnZip CHMod File Permission Modification Race Condition Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - UnZip File Permissions Change Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-903-2 unzip af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
'unzip TOCTOU file-permissions vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for unzip af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.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 Hat2007-09-05Mark J CoxRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=164927 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch. The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 which is in maintenance mode.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 590595 VISAM VBASE Editor Multiple Vulnerabilities (ICSA-21-308-01)
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