CVE-2011-2905 | BDVDB-2026-54800 Detail
Description#
Untrusted search path vulnerability in the perf_config function in tools/perf/util/config.c in perf, as distributed in the Linux kernel before 3.1, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a crafted config file in the current working directory.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729808
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/aba8d056078e47350d85b06a9cabd5afcc4b72ea
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=aba8d056078e47350d85b06a9cabd5afcc4b72ea
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/09/6
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.