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The bzexe command in bzip2 1.0.5 and earlier generates...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 28, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 16, 2014
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Jan 28, 2023

Severity

Moderate

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2011-4089

GHSA ID

GHSA-f3fh-cjxj-26mw

Source code

No known source code

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