CVE-2011-2905
Public on 2011-12-02
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the perf_config function in tools/perf/util/config.c in perf, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted config file in the current working directory.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | kernel | 2011-12-02 | ALAS-2011-26 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 2.6 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |