3.7

CVE-2005-0953: bzip bzip2

CVSS: 3.7v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-0953DSA-730-1
Published 03-04-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0953 is a low (CVSS 3.7) vulnerability in bzip bzip2. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
15/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.7/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2005:474

Timeline

  1. 03-04-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Race condition in bzip2 1.0.2 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by bzip2 after the decompression is complete.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

33%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.40% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Bzip1 product
  • bzip20.9 | 0.9.5_a | 0.9.5_b | 0.9.5_c | 0.9.5_d | 0.9_a | 0.9_b | 0.9_c | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2
Debian1 product
  • bzip2< 1.0.2-6 | < 1.0.2-1.woody2

2 vendors · 2 products

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