CVE-2002-0759

N/A Unknown
Published: August 12, 2002 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-039.0.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:25.bzip2.asc
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9126.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4774
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-039.0.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:25.bzip2.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9126.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4774
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
75th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

bzip