CVE-2011-1551

Publication date 30 March 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

SUSE openSUSE Factory assigns ownership of the /var/log/cobbler/ directory tree to the web-service user account, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging access to this account during root filesystem operations by the Cobbler daemon.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cobbler 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

Notes


mdeslaur

looks like cobbler in natty has /var/log/cobbler set to root:root, so we’re not affected.