SB2011040404 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Novell Opensuse
Published: April 4, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011040404
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0468)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The aaa_base package before 11.3-8.9.1 in SUSE openSUSE 11.3, and before 11.4-54.62.1 in openSUSE 11.4, allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a filename, related to tab expansion.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43825
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0468.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/71253
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46983
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/678827
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66245