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CVE-2011-2471

Published: Jun 09, 2011 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.6 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2471
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the (1) –vmlinux, (2) –session-dir, or (3) –xen argument, related to the daemonrc file and the do_save_setup and do_load_setup functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OprofileMaynard_johnson*0.9.6 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.1 (including)0.1 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.2 (including)0.2 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.3 (including)0.3 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.4 (including)0.4 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.5 (including)0.5 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.5.1 (including)0.5.1 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.5.2 (including)0.5.2 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.5.3 (including)0.5.3 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.5.4 (including)0.5.4 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.6 (including)0.6 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.6.1 (including)0.6.1 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.7 (including)0.7 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.7.1 (including)0.7.1 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.8 (including)0.8 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.8.1 (including)0.8.1 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.8.2 (including)0.8.2 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.9 (including)0.9 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.9.1 (including)0.9.1 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.9.2 (including)0.9.2 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.9.3 (including)0.9.3 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.9.4 (including)0.9.4 (including)
OprofileMaynard_johnson0.9.5 (including)0.9.5 (including)
OprofileUbuntudevel*
OprofileUbuntuhardy*
OprofileUbuntulucid*
OprofileUbuntumaverick*
OprofileUbuntunatty*
OprofileUbuntuupstream*

References

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