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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
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/2013/02/16/3 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/4 ↗
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=700608 ↗