CVE-2011-3151

Publication date 22 April 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

The Ubuntu SELinux initscript before version 1:0.10 used touch to create a lockfile in a world-writable directory. If the OS kernel does not have symlink protections then an attacker can cause a zero byte file to be allocated on any writable filesystem.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
selinux 13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:0.10
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1:0.10~10.04.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.9 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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