CVE-2011-3151 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Ubuntu SELinux initscript before version 1:0.10 used touch to create a lockfile in a world-writable directory. If the OS kernel does not have symlink protections then an attacker can cause a zero byte file to be allocated on any writable filesystem.

Published: 2019-04-22

Score: 5.2 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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:canonical:selinux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2011-3118	The Ubuntu SELinux initscript before version 1:0.10 used touch to create a lockfile in a world-writable directory. If the OS kernel does not have symlink protections then an attacker can cause a zero byte file to be allocated on any writable filesystem.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00163.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/88098106/selinux_0.10~10.04.1.debdiff

History

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Subscriptions

Canonical Selinux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-04-22T15:35:58.934Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:26:42.178Z

Reserved: 2011-08-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-3151

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-22T16:29:00.397

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:29:51.230

Link: CVE-2011-3151

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-693

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