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.
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cve-icon 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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cve-icon 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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