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bzip2 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- bzip2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.0.6-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2011-4089
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4089
bzip2
Fixed versions: 1.0.6-1
bzip2
Fixed versions: 1.0.6-1
bzip2
Fixed versions: 1.0.6-1
Complete source record
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