CVE - CVE-2002-0761

CVE-ID
CVE-2002-0761	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1 and 3.1.1, and possibly systems, uses the permissions of symbolic links instead of the actual files when creating an archive, which could cause the files to be extracted with less restrictive permissions than intended.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BID:4776 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4776 CALDERA:CSSA-2002-039.0 URL:ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-039.0.txt FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-02:25 URL:ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:25.bzip2.asc XF:bzip2-compression-symlink(9128) URL:http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9128.php
Date Entry Created
20030402	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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