CVE-2011-4089
EPSS 0.15%
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.
How to fix CVE-2011-4089
To remediate CVE-2011-4089, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/bzip2—upgrade to 1.0.6-1 or later
Is CVE-2011-4089 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.0.6-1