CVE-2011-3151

Published Apr 22, 2019

Last updated 5 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.9
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.8
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-693

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations