Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in libcgroup - CVE-2011-1022
Published: March 22, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45180
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-1022
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
The cgre_receive_netlink_msg function in daemon/cgrulesengd.c in cgrulesengd in the Control Group Configuration Library (aka libcgroup or libcg) before 0.37.1 does not verify that netlink messages originated in the kernel, which allows local users to bypass intended resource restrictions via a crafted message.
Affected software
libcgroup
How to mitigate CVE-2011-1022
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=615987
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056683.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056734.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00027.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/11
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/12
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/9
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43611
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43758
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43891
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44093
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=26598749
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=27102603
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcg/files/libcgroup/v0.37.1/libcgroup-0.37.1.tar.bz2/download
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2193
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0320.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46578
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025157
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0679
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0774
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680409