CVE catalog
CVE-2005-0953
bzip2: CVE-2005-0953
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.40% · Oct 27, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bzip2 | sid | 1.0.8-6 | fixed |
| Debian | bzip2 | forky | 1.0.8-6 | fixed |
| Debian | bzip2 | trixie | 1.0.8-6 | fixed |
| Debian | bzip2 | bookworm | 1.0.8-5 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bzip2 | source | sid | 1.0.2-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bzip2 | source | forky | 1.0.2-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bzip2 | source | trixie | 1.0.2-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bzip2 | source | bookworm | 1.0.2-6 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [bzip2]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
1.0.8-5+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
1.0.8-5+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
- [bzip2-doc]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
1.0.8-5· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
1.0.8-5· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
- [libbz2-1.0]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
1.0.8-5+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
1.0.8-5+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
- [libbz2-dev]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
1.0.8-5+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
1.0.8-5+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · bookworm; dsa · bzip2 · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [bzip2]Fixed
Details (2)
1.0.8-6· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
1.0.8-6· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
- [bzip2-doc]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
1.0.8-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
1.0.8-6· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
- [libbz2-1.0]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
1.0.8-6· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
1.0.8-6· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
- [libbz2-dev]Fixed
Source package: [bzip2]
Details (2)
1.0.8-6· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
1.0.8-6· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.0.2-6dsa · bzip2 · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0953]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-730-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0953]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2005/cve-2005-0953.json]
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