Vulnerability in Openfabrics Ibutils
CVE-2013-2561
OpenFabrics ibutils 1.5.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) ibdiagnet.db, (2) ibdiagnet.fdbs, (3) ibdiagnet_ibis.log, (4) ibdiagnet.log, (5) ibdiagnet.lst, (6) ibdiagnet.mcfdbs, (7) ibdiagnet.pkey, (8) ibdiagnet.psl, (9) ibdiagnet.slvl, or (10) ibdiagnet.sm in /tmp/.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (38.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Openfabrics Ibutils — versions 1.5.7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/87 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/58335 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/26/1 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/26/4 (mailing-list)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1661.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/19/8 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/26/11 (mailing-list)