Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Opensuse - CVE-2011-0468
Published: April 4, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45149
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0468
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SUSE
Affected software:
Opensuse
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-0468
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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