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# CVE-2011-2472

Publication date 9 June 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

Directory traversal vulnerability in utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and
earlier might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot
dot) in the --save argument, related to the --session-dir argument, a
different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2472?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| oprofile | 11.04 natty | Fixed 0.9.6-1.1ubuntu2.1 |
| 10.10 maverick | Fixed 0.9.6-1.1ubuntu1.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 0.9.6-1ubuntu4.4 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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## Notes

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

this is reverted in later patches and needs an additional patch:
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/07/6

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2472)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2472)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-2472)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2472)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1166-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1166-1)
+ OProfile vulnerabilities
+ 11 July 2011

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2472>