CVE-2013-0296
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.4
Description
Race condition in pigz before 2.2.5 uses permissions derived from the umask when compressing a file before setting that file's permissions to match those of the original file, which might allow local users to bypass intended access permissions while compression is occurring.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.2.4-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.2.4-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.2.4-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.2.4-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.2.4-2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| zlib | pigz | {"endIncluding":"2.2.4-1"} | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00106.html
- http://mail.zlib.net/pipermail/pigz-announce_zlib.net/2012-July/000006.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/16/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=700608
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0296
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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