Description
Libarchive through 3.6.2 can cause directories to have world-writable permissions. The umask() call inside archive_write_disk_posix.c changes the umask of the whole process for a very short period of time; a race condition with another thread can lead to a permanent umask 0 setting. Such a race condition could lead to implicit directory creation with permissions 0777 (without the sticky bit), which means that any low-privileged local user can delete and rename files inside those directories.
Published: 2023-05-29
Score: 3.9 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-34952 Libarchive through 3.6.2 can cause directories to have world-writable permissions. The umask() call inside archive_write_disk_posix.c changes the umask of the whole process for a very short period of time; a race condition with another thread can lead to a permanent umask 0 setting. Such a race condition could lead to implicit directory creation with permissions 0777 (without the sticky bit), which means that any low-privileged local user can delete and rename files inside those directories.
History

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Libarchive Libarchive
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-14T17:07:29.493Z

Reserved: 2023-04-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-30571

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:28:51.957Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-29T20:15:09.513

Modified: 2025-01-14T17:15:11.673

Link: CVE-2023-30571

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-05-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-30571 - Bugzilla

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