CVE-2011-4089

The CVE-2011-4089 entry concerns the bzexe command in bzip2 1.0.5 and earlier. The vulnerability arises because extraction does not properly handle temporary files, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by precreating a temporary directory. Affected component: bzexe (bzip2). Root ca...

[USN-1308-1] bzip2 vulnerability

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1308-1 December 14, 2011 bzip2 vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: -...

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...