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CVE-2011-4089

Published: Apr 16, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4089
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Bzip2Bzip*1.0.4 (including)
Bzip2Bzip1.0 (including)1.0 (including)
Bzip2Bzip1.0.1 (including)1.0.1 (including)
Bzip2Bzip1.0.2 (including)1.0.2 (including)
Bzip2Bzip1.0.3 (including)1.0.3 (including)
Bzip2Ubuntudevel*
Bzip2Ubuntuhardy*
Bzip2Ubuntulucid*
Bzip2Ubuntumaverick*
Bzip2Ubuntunatty*
Bzip2Ubuntuoneiric*
Bzip2Ubuntuupstream*

References

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