The Ubuntu SELinux initscript before version 1:0.10 used touch to create a lockfile in a world-writable directory. If the OS kernel does not have symlink protections then an attacker can cause a zero byte file to be allocated on any writable filesystem.
References
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https://launchpadlibrarian.net/88098106/selinux_0.10~10.04.1.debdiff | Patch Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2011-12-21T00:00:00
Updated: 2019-04-22T15:35:58
Reserved: 2011-08-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2011-3151
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2019-04-22T16:29:00.397
Modified: 2019-10-09T23:03:24.350
Link: CVE-2011-3151
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