CVE-2011-3618 (GCVE-0-2011-3618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-12 14:25 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:37
VLAI
Summary
atop: symlink attack possible due to insecure tempfile handling
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • insecure tempfile handling
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
atop atop Affected: through 1.26
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