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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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2002-0751 | 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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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T03:03:48.640Z
Reserved: 2002-07-25T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2002-0759
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Status : Modified
Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2002-0759
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD