CVE-2011-0461

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Published Apr 1, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

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

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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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.296% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 9:51 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 1, 2011, 9:00 PM
Updated: Aug 6, 2024, 9:51 PM
Reserved: Jan 14, 2011, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:27 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 4, 2011, 12:27 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:27 PM

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