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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53972
Category:FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Title:FreeBSD Ports: bzip2
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to the system; as announced in the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following package is affected: bzip2

CVE-2005-0953
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.

CVE-2005-1260
bzip2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hard drive
consumption) via a crafted bzip2 file that causes an infinite loop
(a.k.a 'decompression bomb').

Solution:
Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-0953
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00002.html
BugTraq ID: 12954
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12954
BugTraq ID: 26444
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26444
Bugtraq: 20050330 bzip2 TOCTOU file-permissions vulnerability (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111229375217633&w=2
Bugtraq: 20070109 rPSA-2007-0004-1 bzip2 (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456430/30/8730/threaded
Cert/CC Advisory: TA07-319A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-319A.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-730 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-730
http://www.fedoralegacy.org/updates/FC2/2005-11-14-FLSA_2005_158801__Updated_bzip2_packages_fix_security_issues.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:026
NETBSD Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2008-004
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-004.txt.asc
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2007.002.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10902
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1154
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-474.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19183
http://secunia.com/advisories/27274
http://secunia.com/advisories/27643
http://secunia.com/advisories/29940
SGI Security Advisory: 20060301-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060301-01.U.asc
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103118-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200191-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3525
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3868
XForce ISS Database: bzip2-toctou-symlink(19926)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19926
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2005-1260
103118
13657
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13657
15447
http://secunia.com/advisories/15447
19183
200191
20060301-01-U
26444
27274
27643
ADV-2007-3525
ADV-2007-3868
APPLE-SA-2007-11-14
DSA-741
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-741
FLSA:158801
RHSA-2005:474
TA07-319A
USN-127-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/127-1/
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307041
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10700
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10700
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:749
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A749
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