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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-04-03 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-04-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ebf2d7b60c9ea28b47e4bd7bc69da4d59dad2497eb4bdf49f94a357e4f940a40
05 Affected products
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:1154https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1154
- www.fedoralegacy.orgFLSA:158801http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html
- www.securityfocus.com26444http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
- ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2008-004ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.combzip2-toctou-symlink(19926)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19926
- www.debian.orgDSA-730http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-730
- www.openpkg.comOpenPKG-SA-2007.002http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.002.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10902https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10902
- secunia.com27274http://secunia.com/advisories/27274
- www.securityfocus.com20070109 rPSA-2007-0004-1 bzip2http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456430/30/8730/threaded
- sunsolve.sun.com200191http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2007-11-14http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3525http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3868http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
- secunia.com29940http://secunia.com/advisories/29940
- patches.sgi.com20060301-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
- secunia.com27643http://secunia.com/advisories/27643
- www.securityfocus.com12954http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12954
- secunia.com19183http://secunia.com/advisories/19183
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:026http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:026
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:474http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html
- www.us-cert.govTA07-319Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html
- marc.info20050330 bzip2 TOCTOU file-permissions vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111229375217633&w=2
- sunsolve.sun.com103118http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- bzip2 Fixed in 1.0.2-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bzip2 Fixed in 1.0.2-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- bzip2 Fixed in 1.0.2-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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