CVE-2011-3151 (GCVE-0-2011-3151)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-04-22 15:35 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:26
VLAI
Title
SELinux initscript misuse of touch
Summary
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.
Severity
5.2 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://launchpadlibrarian.net/88098106/selinux_0… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2011-12-21 00:00
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