CVE-2011-3151
SELinux initscript misuse of touch
MEDIUM
5.2
CVSS Score
Published: April 22, 2019 at 03:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM UTC
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Severity
MEDIUM5.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
The Ubuntu SELinux initscript before version 1:0.10 used touch to create a lockfile in a world-writable directory. If the OS kernel does not have symlink protections then an attacker can cause a zero byte file to be allocated on any writable filesystem.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1:0.10
Affected range stops below 1:0.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://launchpadlibrarian.net/88098106/selinux_0.10~10.04.1.debdiffCVSS
5.2MEDIUMmitre
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-693
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