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title: CVE-2010-1693
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1693
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# CVE-2010-1693

Publication date 26 October 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

openibd in OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) 1.5.2 allows local
users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the
/tmp/ib\_set\_node\_desc.sh temporary file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-1693#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ofa-kernel | 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

this script is actually in ofa-kernel, not OFED. Currently, there is
an ITP bug on ofa-kernel, but it is not in Debian or Ubuntu yet. Fix is in
ofa\_1\_5\_kernel/.../ofed\_scripts/openibd from 2010-10-28 (see References).

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-1693)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1693)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-1693)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1693)

### Other references

* <http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/ofa_1_5_kernel/>
* <http://www.openfabrics.org/downloads/ofa_1_5_kernel/ofa_1_5_kernel-20101028-0200/ofed_scripts/openibd>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-1693>