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title: "CVE-2011-0702\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-0702

Publication date 14 February 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

The feh\_unique\_filename function in utils.c in feh before 1.11.2 might
allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a
/tmp/feh\_ temporary file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0702?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| feh | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0702?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

maverick+ may be unaffected because of symlink restrictions

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| feh | * Upstream:   [?id=234](https://derf.homelinux.org/git/feh/commit/?id=23421a86cc826dd30f3dc4f62057fafb04b3ac40) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0702)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0702)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-0702)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0702)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0702>