Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in utils/opcontrol in OProfile 0.9.6 and earlier might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the --save argument, related to the --session-dir argument, 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
- [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
- oprofile-opcontrol-dir-traversal(67979) vdb-entry