CVE-2011-2185

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2185
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-07-27 02:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionFabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fabfile Fabric 0.9 All All All
Application Fabfile Fabric 0.9.1 All All All
Application Fabfile Fabric 0.9.2 All All All
Application Fabfile Fabric 0.9.3 All All All
Application Fabfile Fabric 0.9.4 All All All
Application Fabfile Fabric 0.9.5 All All All
Application Fabfile Fabric 0.9.6 All All All
Application Fabfile Fabric 0.9.7 All All All
Application Fabfile Fabric 1.0.0 All All All
Application Fabfile Fabric 1.0.1 All All All
Application Fabfile Fabric All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 710462 – CVE-2011-2185 fabric: Use of insecure temporary file by uploading templates and projects to remote hosts af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- fabric -- Use of insecure temporary file by uploading templates and projects to remote hosts af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- fabric -- Use of insecure temporary file by uploading templates and projects to remote hosts af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
code.fabfile.org/projects/fabric/files/Fabric-1.1.0.tar.gz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.fabfile.org Patch
#629003 - fabric is prone to file-overwrite security issue(s). - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: fabric-0.9.7-1.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 996779 Python (Pip) Security Update for fabric (GHSA-xwg2-qc6c-7c3q)

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