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title: "CVE-2011-0988\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-0988

Publication date 18 April 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

pure-ftpd 1.0.22, as used in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 and SP4,
and Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3 and SP4, when running OES Netware extensions,
creates a world-writeable directory, which allows local users to overwrite
arbitrary files and gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-0988?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| pure-ftpd | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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

SUSE-specific

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0988)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0988)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-0988)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-0988)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-0988>