CVE-2011-2471 (GCVE-0-2011-2471)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-06-09 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the (1) --vmlinux, (2) --session-dir, or (3) --xen argument, related to the daemonrc file and the do_save_setup and do_load_setup functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
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|---|---|
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/45205 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
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