CVE-2002-0760
Description
Race condition in bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly other operating systems, decompresses files with world-readable permissions before setting the permissions to what is specified in the bzip2 archive, which could allow local users to read the files as they are being decompressed.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:LAccess VectorLocal
AC:HAccess ComplexityHigh
Au:NAuthenticationNone
Impact
C:PConfidentialityPartial
I:NIntegrityNone
A:NAvailabilityNone
Weaknesses
Affected Products
bzip
oss-projectaka bzip2, compress-raw-bzip2
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9127.php
iss.net
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-039.0.txt
ftp.caldera.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4775
securityfocus.com
and 1 more references View all →
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