SB2011062303 - Link following in Freedesktop dbus
Published: June 23, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011062303
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2533)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
The configure script in D-Bus (aka DBus) 1.2.x before 1.2.28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified file in /tmp/.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.