CVE-2005-0953

Publication date 2 May 2005

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
bzip2 7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.0.3-0ubuntu2
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.0.3-0ubuntu2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.0.3-0ubuntu2

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-127-1
    • bzip2 vulnerabilities
    • 17 May 2005

Other references