CVE-2002-0759
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductBzip2
PublishedAug 12, 2002
First seenAug 12, 2002
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bzip bzip2 | 0.9.0, 0.9.0a, 0.9.0b, 0.9.0c, 0.9.5a, 0.9.5b, 0.9.5c, 0.9.5d, 1.0, 1.0.1 | — |
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