CVE-2013-0296 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Race condition in pigz before 2.2.5 uses permissions derived from the umask when compressing a file before setting that file's permissions to match those of the original file, which might allow local users to bypass intended access permissions while compression is occurring.

Published: 2014-04-27

Score: 4.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zlib:pigz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-0316	Race condition in pigz before 2.2.5 uses permissions derived from the umask when compressing a file before setting that file's permissions to match those of the original file, which might allow local users to bypass intended access permissions while compression is occurring.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00045.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00106.html
http://mail.zlib.net/pipermail/pigz-announce_zlib.net/2012-July/000006.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/16/3
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=700608

History

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Subscriptions

Zlib Pigz

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-04-27T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T14:18:09.791Z

Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-0296

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-04-27T21:55:05.570

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2013-0296

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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