CVE-2002-0759

Published: Apr 2, 2003Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

5.0MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly other operating systems, does not use the O_EXCL flag to create files during decompression and does not warn the user if an existing file would be overwritten, which could allow attackers to overwrite files via a bzip2 archive.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

bzip

oss-projectaka compress-raw-bzip2, bzip2

bzip2Library

OSS Libraries / generic-library

and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-039.0.txt

ftp.caldera.com

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9126.php

iss.net

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4774

securityfocus.com

and 1 more references View all →

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