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CVE-2011-3351

Published: Nov 25, 2019

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

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Description

openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.

Vendor	Product	Versions
openvas-scanner	openvas-scanner	affected `through 2011-09-11`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3351

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351

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https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351

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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3351

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