Race condition vulnerability in pigz before 2.2.5 allows local users to bypass access permissions during compression

CVE-2013-0296 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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