Novell openSUSE 11.2/11.3 aaa_base link following

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A vulnerability was found in Novell openSUSE 11.2/11.3 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component aaa_base. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

/etc/init.d/boot.localfs in the aaa_base package before 11.2-43.48.1 in SUSE openSUSE 11.2, and before 11.3-8.7.1 in openSUSE 11.3, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /dev/shm/mtab.

The weakness was disclosed 04/04/2011 as Bug tps://b as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.novell.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0461. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75416 (openSUSE Security Update : aaa_base (openSUSE-SU-2011:0171-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165191 (SUSE Security Update for Multiple Packages (SUSE-SR:2011:009)).

Upgrading to version 11.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (66092) and Tenable (75416). The entries 21069, 53804, 55662 and 55661 are pretty similar.

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Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Nessus ID: 75416
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : aaa_base (openSUSE-SU-2011:0171-1)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: openSUSE 11.3

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01/14/2011 🔍
03/14/2011 +59 days 🔍
04/04/2011 +21 days 🔍
04/04/2011 +0 days 🔍
06/06/2011 +63 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +1103 days 🔍
03/20/2015 +280 days 🔍
10/21/2021 +2407 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: novell.com

Advisory: Bug tps://b
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0461 (🔍)
X-Force: 66092
Vulnerability Center: 31682 - SUSE openSUSE 11.2 and 11.3 Local Arbitrary Files Overwrite Vulnerability via a Symlink Attack, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/21/2021 16:30
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (61), 03/23/2017 16:53 (6), 10/21/2021 16:22 (4), 10/21/2021 16:30 (1)
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