CVE-2011-2490

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2490
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-07-27 02:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionopielogin.c in opielogin in OPIE 2.4.1-test1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local users to gain privileges by arranging for an account to already be running its maximum number of processes.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nrl Opie 2.10 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.11 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.2 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.21 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.22 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.3 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.32 All All All
Application Nrl Opie 2.4 All All All
Application Nrl Opie All test1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian update for opie - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Hermes - openSUSE Notification Client af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
OPIE "__opiereadrec()" Off-by-One and "opielogin" Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE requests: opie off by one and setuid() failure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Patch
#631345 - opie: missing setuid() retval check in opielogin - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Patch
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzillafiles.novell.org Patch
Security Advisory SA45448 - SUSE update for opie - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - Re: CVE requests: opie off by one and setuid() failure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit, Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2281-1 opie af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Bug 698772 – VUL-0: opie: off by one errors in opiesu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com Exploit, Patch
Hermes - openSUSE Notification Client af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
OPIE Off By One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability and Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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