CVE-2011-3154

Severity Score

1.9

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py in Update Manager before 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x before 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x before 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x before 1:0.150.5.1, and 1:0.152.x before 1:0.152.25.5 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to obtain the XAUTHORITY file content for a user via a symlink attack on the temporary file.

DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py en Update Manager anterior a 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x anterior a 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x anterior a 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x anterior a 1:0.150.5.1 y 1:0.152.x anterior a 1:0.152.25.5 no crea debidamente archivos temporales, lo que permite a usuarios locales obtener el contenido de archivo XAUTHORITY para un usuario a través de un ataque symlink sobre el archivo temporal.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 1.9

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2011-08-16 CVE Reserved
2011-11-29 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/47024	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/881541	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1284-1	2014-05-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Update-manager Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Update-manager"				<= 1\:0.87.24 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Update-manager" and version " <= 1\:0.87.24"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Update-manager Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Update-manager"				1:0.134.7 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Update-manager" and version "1:0.134.7"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Update-manager Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Update-manager"				1:0.142.19 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Update-manager" and version "1:0.142.19"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Update-manager Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Update-manager"				1:0.150 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Update-manager" and version "1:0.150"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Update-manager Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Update-manager"				1:0.152.25 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Update-manager" and version "1:0.152.25"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				8.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "8.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				11.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "11.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				11.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "11.10"		-		Affected