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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2472

Original release date:06/09/2011
Last revised:09/07/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Directory traversal vulnerability in utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the --save argument, related to the --session-dir argument, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 9.2
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883
Type: Patch Information; Exploit
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20110510 Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7
External Source: XF
Name: oprofile-opcontrol-dir-traversal(67979)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/67979
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-1166-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-2254
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 45205
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45205
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20110511 Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo
Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20110510 Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo
Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20110503 Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo
Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212
Hyperlink:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212

Vulnerable software and versions

Nav control imageConfiguration 1
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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.6.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.8.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.7
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.7.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.8
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9.1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9.4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9.5
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.5.4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.4
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.6
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.8.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.9.6 and previous versions
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:maynard_johnson:oprofile:0.1
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2472