PT-2011-3895 · Oprofile · Oprofile

Stephane Chauveau · Published 2011-06-09 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2011-2472

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OProfile versions 0.9.6 and earlier

Description A directory traversal issue exists, potentially allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files by providing a .. (dot dot) in the --save argument, related to the --session-dir argument.

Recommendations For OProfile versions 0.9.6 and earlier, consider restricting access to the utils/opcontrol component to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the --save argument with untrusted input until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-2472

Affected Products

Oprofile

References · 11

• 🔥 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883 · Exploit
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/7 · Patch
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1166-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2254 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2472 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67979 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/03/1 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/10/6 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/11/1 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/45205 · Note