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title: "CVE-2013-2561\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-2561

Publication date 23 November 2013

Last updated 10 July 2026

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

OpenFabrics ibutils 1.5.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files
via a symlink attack on (1) ibdiagnet.db, (2) ibdiagnet.fdbs, (3)
ibdiagnet\_ibis.log, (4) ibdiagnet.log, (5) ibdiagnet.lst, (6)
ibdiagnet.mcfdbs, (7) ibdiagnet.pkey, (8) ibdiagnet.psl, (9)
ibdiagnet.slvl, or (10) ibdiagnet.sm in /tmp/.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ibutils | 26.04 LTS resolute | Vulnerable |
| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 25.04 plucky | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Vulnerable |
| 23.10 mantic | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 23.04 lunar | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 22.10 kinetic | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Vulnerable |
| 21.10 impish | Ignored end of life |
| 21.04 hirsute | Ignored end of life |
| 20.10 groovy | Ignored end of life |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Vulnerable |
| 19.10 eoan | Ignored end of life |
| 19.04 disco | Ignored end of life |
| 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 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 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2561)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2561)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2561)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2561)

### Other references

* <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927430>
* <http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q1/751>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2561>