CVE-2011-0461

openSUSE aaa_base < 11.2-43.48.1 and < 11.3-8.7.1 - Arbitrary File Overwrite via Symlink Attack on /dev/shm/mtab

Title source: llm

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.

References (5)

Core 5

Core References

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.novell.com/665479

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0461.html

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html

Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00007.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0030

EPSS Percentile 21.1%

Details

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (2)

opensuse/opensuse 11.2

opensuse/opensuse 11.3

Published Apr 04, 2011

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026