Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2011-3151

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.

  • Published: Apr 22, 2019
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2011-3151
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.9
  • AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
canonical / selinux - 1\:0.10