CVE-2005-0953

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 bzip2 after the decompression is complete.

3.7

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.09%

Vendor Advisory fedoralegacy.org Vendor Advisory netbsd.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory openpkg.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1154	vdb entry signature
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444	vdb entry
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19926	vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-730	patch vendor advisory
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.002.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10902	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/27274	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456430/30/8730/threaded	mailing list
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1	vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html	vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/29940	third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27643	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12954	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:026	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html	vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111229375217633&w=2	mailing list
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0953?: CVE-2005-0953 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0953?: To fix CVE-2005-0953, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0953 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2005-0953 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.