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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3118 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:26:42.178Z

Reserved: 2011-08-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-3151

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-22T16:29:00.397

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:29:51.230

Link: CVE-2011-3151

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