CVE-2011-2649 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Kiwi before 3.74.2, as used in SUSE Studio 1.1 before 1.1.4, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified FileUtils function call.

Published: 2011-08-23

Score: 7.5 High

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:marcus_schafer:kiwi::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:suse_studio_onsite:1.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-2632	Kiwi before 3.74.2, as used in SUSE Studio 1.1 before 1.1.4, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified FileUtils function call.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00375.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-08/msg00013.html
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2649.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49236
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701815
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69284

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00502}`	epss `{'score': 0.00585}`

Subscriptions

Marcus Schafer Kiwi

Novell Suse Studio Onsite

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-08-23T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:08:23.731Z

Reserved: 2011-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-2649

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-08-23T21:55:01.807

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-2649

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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