CVE-2011-3151

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 Medium 5.9

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2011-3151

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2019-04-22T16:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-10-09T23:03:24

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-693	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/693.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:canonical:selinux::::::::	1	OR		1\:0.10

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
5.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
4.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.9

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.2

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/88098106/selinux_0.10~10.04.1.debdiff	Patch Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3151
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3151

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 17:15:04				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 19:49:25	2019-04-22T16:29Z	2019-04-22T16:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 19:49:25		2019-10-09T23:03:24	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 19:49:25		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated