Vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
CVE-2011-3154
DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py in Update Manager before 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x before 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x before 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x before 1:0.150.5.1, and 1:0.152.x before 1:0.152.25.5 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to obtain the XAUTHORITY file content for a user via a symlink attack on the temporary file.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.9 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (23.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 8.04, 10.04, 10.10
- Canonical Update-Manager — versions 1\, 1:0.142.19, 1:0.134.7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/881541
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1284-1 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/47024 (third-party-advisory)