CVE-2011-2684

medium

Description

foo2zjs before 20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1 as packaged in Ubuntu, 20110722dfsg-1 as packaged in Debian unstable, and 20090908dfsg-5.1+squeeze0 as packaged in Debian squeeze create temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to write over arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/foo2zjs.

References

Advisories

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2684/

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foo2zjs/+bug/805370

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633870

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/10

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-10-23

Updated: 2026-05-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00069