CVE-2002-0761

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.1
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

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
bzip bzip20.9.0, 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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