ubuntu-cve-2011-1006
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2011-03-22 17:55
Modified
2025-07-16 04:49
Summary
Details

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_cgroup_spec function in tools/tools-common.c in the Control Group Configuration Library (aka libcgroup or libcg) before 0.37.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted controller list on the command line of an application. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "cgroup-bin",
            "binary_version": "0.38-1ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libcgroup-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.38-1ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libcgroup1",
            "binary_version": "0.38-1ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpam-cgroup",
            "binary_version": "0.38-1ubuntu2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "libcgroup",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libcgroup@0.38-1ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.38-1ubuntu2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_cgroup_spec function in tools/tools-common.c in the Control Group Configuration Library (aka libcgroup or libcg) before 0.37.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted controller list on the command line of an application. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2011-1006",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:49:58Z",
  "published": "2011-03-22T17:55:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-1006"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1006"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2011-1006"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:41Z"
}



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