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.
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EUVD-2005-0954 | 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. |
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USN-127-1 | bzip2 vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T21:28:29.118Z
Reserved: 2005-04-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-0953

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-0953


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