CVE-2011-2471

Publication date 9 June 2011

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the (1) --vmlinux, (2) --session-dir, or (3) --xen argument, related to the daemonrc file and the do_save_setup and do_load_setup functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1760.

Status

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1166-1
    • OProfile vulnerabilities
    • 11 July 2011

Other references