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CVE-2011-2905

Published: Mar 01, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.2 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
2.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2905
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the perf_config function in tools/perf/util/config.c in perf, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted config file in the current working directory.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Linux_kernelLinux*3.0.68 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.3 (including)3.0.3 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.4 (including)3.0.4 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.5 (including)3.0.5 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.6 (including)3.0.6 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.7 (including)3.0.7 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.8 (including)3.0.8 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.9 (including)3.0.9 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.10 (including)3.0.10 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.11 (including)3.0.11 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.12 (including)3.0.12 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.13 (including)3.0.13 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.14 (including)3.0.14 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.15 (including)3.0.15 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.16 (including)3.0.16 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.17 (including)3.0.17 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.18 (including)3.0.18 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.19 (including)3.0.19 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.20 (including)3.0.20 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.21 (including)3.0.21 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.22 (including)3.0.22 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.23 (including)3.0.23 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.24 (including)3.0.24 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.25 (including)3.0.25 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.26 (including)3.0.26 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.27 (including)3.0.27 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.28 (including)3.0.28 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.29 (including)3.0.29 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.30 (including)3.0.30 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.31 (including)3.0.31 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.32 (including)3.0.32 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.33 (including)3.0.33 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.34 (including)3.0.34 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.35 (including)3.0.35 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.36 (including)3.0.36 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.37 (including)3.0.37 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.38 (including)3.0.38 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.39 (including)3.0.39 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.40 (including)3.0.40 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.41 (including)3.0.41 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.42 (including)3.0.42 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.43 (including)3.0.43 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.44 (including)3.0.44 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.45 (including)3.0.45 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.46 (including)3.0.46 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.47 (including)3.0.47 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.48 (including)3.0.48 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.49 (including)3.0.49 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.50 (including)3.0.50 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.51 (including)3.0.51 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.52 (including)3.0.52 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.53 (including)3.0.53 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.54 (including)3.0.54 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.55 (including)3.0.55 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.56 (including)3.0.56 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.57 (including)3.0.57 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.58 (including)3.0.58 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.59 (including)3.0.59 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.60 (including)3.0.60 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.61 (including)3.0.61 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.62 (including)3.0.62 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.63 (including)3.0.63 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.64 (including)3.0.64 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.65 (including)3.0.65 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.66 (including)3.0.66 (including)
Linux_kernelLinux3.0.67 (including)3.0.67 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatkernel-0:2.6.32-131.21.1.el6*
LinuxUbuntulucid*
LinuxUbuntumaverick*
LinuxUbuntunatty*
LinuxUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ec2Ubuntulucid*
Linux-ec2Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ec2Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntulucid*
Linux-fsl-imx51Ubuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-maverickUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntulucid*
Linux-lts-backport-nattyUbuntuupstream*
Linux-lts-backport-oneiricUbuntuupstream*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntulucid*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntumaverick*
Linux-mvl-doveUbuntuupstream*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntumaverick*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntunatty*
Linux-ti-omap4Ubuntuupstream*

References

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