15237 : bzip2 Race Condition Arbitrary File Permission Modification
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Disclosure

Mar 30, 2005

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Keywords

SCOSA-2005.49

Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : 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.

Classification

OSVDB: Concern

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References

Security Tracker: 1013629
Bugtraq ID: 12954
Secunia Advisory ID: 15729 15869 15939 17645 19183 27274 27643 29940
ISS X-Force ID: 19926
CVE ID: 2005-0953 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:14.bzip.asc ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/openserver5/507/mp/osr507mp4/osr507mp4.htm ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
Other Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:14.bzip2.asc ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000972
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-03/0523.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-04/0013.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-04/0025.html
Vendor URL: http://sources.redhat.com/bzip2/
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2005:474
Keyword: SCOSA-2005.49

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