CVE-2002-0761

Published Apr 2, 2003 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0753 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 3:03 AM
Reserved
Jul 25, 2002, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 12, 2002, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 9:58 PM