CVE - CVE-2002-0759

CVE-ID
CVE-2002-0759	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 other operating systems, does not use the O_EXCL flag to create files during decompression and does not warn the user if an existing file would be overwritten, which could allow attackers to overwrite files via a bzip2 archive.
References
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BID:4774 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4774 CALDERA:CSSA-2002-039.0 URL:~~ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-039.0.txt~~ (Obsolete source - check if archived by the Wayback Machine) FREEBSD:FreeBSD-SA-02:25 URL:ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:25.bzip2.asc XF:bzip2-decompression-file-overwrite(9126) URL:~~http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9126.php~~ (Obsolete source - check if archived by the Wayback Machine)
Date Record Created
20030402	Disclaimer: The record 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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