CVE-2011-3151
SELinux initscript misuse of touch
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.2 Medium
- Published
- Apr 22, 2019
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 16, 2011
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 5.2 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L | mitre |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
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