CVE-2011-3154
Description
DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py in Update Manager before 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x before 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x before 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x before 1:0.150.5.1, and 1:0.152.x before 1:0.152.25.5 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to obtain the XAUTHORITY file content for a user via a symlink attack on the temporary file.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.10 | Affected | — |
| 11.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.10 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
| 8.04 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | update-manager | {"endIncluding":"1\\:0.87.24"} | |
| canonical | update-manager | 1\ | |
References
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.