CVE-2011-0461 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

/etc/init.d/boot.localfs in the aaa_base package before 11.2-43.48.1 in SUSE openSUSE 11.2, and before 11.3-8.7.1 in openSUSE 11.3, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /dev/shm/mtab.

Published: 2011-04-01

Score: 6.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-0481	/etc/init.d/boot.localfs in the aaa_base package before 11.2-43.48.1 in SUSE openSUSE 11.2, and before 11.3-8.7.1 in openSUSE 11.3, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /dev/shm/mtab.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00024.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00007.html
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0461.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/665479

History

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Subscriptions

Opensuse Opensuse

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-04-01T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:51:09.009Z

Reserved: 2011-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0461

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-04-04T12:27:36.530

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0461

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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