CVE-2011-4089

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 products

Bzip2

Bzip bzip2

≤ 1.0.4, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

4.6 MEDIUM

EPSS

1.0% (61th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-264

NVD status

Modified

Published

2014-04-16