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CVE-2002-0760

nvd nist
Published: Aug 12, 2002Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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1.2
Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 1.9 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

Race condition in bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly other operating systems, decompresses files with world-readable permissions before setting the permissions to what is specified in the bzip2 archive, which could allow local users to read the files as they are being decompressed.

Affected (10)

Products: Bzip: Bzip2
1 product
Bzip2
Configuration A
10 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Bzip
Version 0.9.0
Version 0.9.0a
Version 0.9.0b
Version 0.9.0c
Version 0.9.5a
Version 0.9.5b
Version 0.9.5c
Version 0.9.5d
Version 1.0.1
Version 1.0

References (8)

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-039.0.txt (unsafe URL)
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:25.bzip2.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-039.0.txt (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:25.bzip2.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory

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