CVE-2011-4089 (GCVE-0-2011-4089)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-04-16 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 23:53
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The bzexe command in bzip2 1.0.5 and earlier generates compressed executables that do not properly handle temporary files during extraction, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by precreating a temporary directory.
References
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/804 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632862 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1308-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18147 exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/28/16 mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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