Description
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.
References
- [oss-security] 20110503 Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20110510 Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700883
- [oss-security] 20110511 Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo mailing-list
- 45205 third-party-advisory
- oprofile-opcontrol-priv-escalation(67980) vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20110510 Re: Re: CVE Request -- oprofile -- Local privilege escalation via crafted opcontrol event parameter when authorized by sudo mailing-list
- USN-1166-1 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=624212
- DSA-2254 vendor-advisory