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Medium
CVE-2002-0759
bzip2 before 1.0.2 in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier, OpenLinux 3.1...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
bzip
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bzip2
Vulnerable Versions:
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
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 2nd, 2003
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.