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CVE-2011-0461
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 6.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.4/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 9.2/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/665479
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00007.html
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0461.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html