CVE-2011-2472

Summary

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/45205
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67979

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/45205
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212
• http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67979

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