CVE-2011-3351

Publication date 25 November 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openvas-server	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	15.04 vivid	Not in release
	14.10 utopic	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	13.04 raring	Ignored end of life
	12.10 quantal	Ignored end of life
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	11.10 oneiric	Ignored end of life
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

Notes

tyhicks

Several mitigating factors here: Yama's symlink protection (10.10 and newer), requires non-standard configuration, and a openvas plugin that is not available in the archive

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.1 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H