CVE-2005-0953

Impact

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.

Affected products

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111229375217633&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19183
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27274
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27643
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29940
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-730
• http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:026
• http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.002.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456430/30/8730/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12954
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19926
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10902
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1154
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html