CVE-2011-3154

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3154
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-17 14:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionDistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py in Update Manager before 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x before 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x before 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x before 1:0.150.5.1, and 1:0.152.x before 1:0.152.25.5 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to obtain the XAUTHORITY file content for a user via a symlink attack on the temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 - lts All
Application Canonical Update-manager 1\ 0.134.7 All All
Application Canonical Update-manager 1\ 0.142.19 All All
Application Canonical Update-manager 1\ 0.150 All All
Application Canonical Update-manager 1\ 0.152.25 All All
Application Canonical Update-manager All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #881541 “DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py uses mktemp -- wh...” : Bugs : “update-manager” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
Security Advisory SA47024 - Ubuntu update for update-manager - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-1284-1: Update Manager vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory
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