CVE-2011-2472

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67979

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254

http://secunia.com/advisories/45205

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3