Link following - CVE-2011-3616
Published: November 4, 2011 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33127
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3616
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
The getSkillname function in the eve module in Conky 1.8.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/.cesf.
Affected software
Gentoo Linux
conky (Alpine package)
wget (Alpine package)
conky (Alpine package)
wget (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3616
Install update from vendor's website.
conky (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.8.1-r1, 1.8.1-r2
wget (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.12-r3, 1.12-r4
wget (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 1.12-r3, 1.12-r4
External References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43225
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46353
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201110-09.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/09/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/10/8
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/conky/+bug/607309