CVE-2011-4089 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Oct/804 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18147 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/28/16 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1308-1 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632862