CVE-2011-1551 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

SUSE openSUSE Factory assigns ownership of the /var/log/cobbler/ directory tree to the web-service user account, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this account during root filesystem operations by the Cobbler daemon.

Published: 2011-03-30

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse_factory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-1552	SUSE openSUSE Factory assigns ownership of the /var/log/cobbler/ directory tree to the web-service user account, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this account during root filesystem operations by the Cobbler daemon.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00036.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/03/23/11
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66487

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Opensuse Factory

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-03-30T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:41.932Z

Reserved: 2011-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-1551

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-03-30T22:55:02.800

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-1551

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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