CVE-2011-2520
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2011-07-21 23:00
Modified
2024-08-06 23:00
Severity ?
Summary
fw_dbus.py in system-config-firewall 1.2.29 and earlier uses the pickle Python module unsafely during D-Bus communication between the GUI and the backend, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted serialized object.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063314.htmlMailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/45294Not Applicable
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1025793Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/18/6Mailing List
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0953.htmlNot Applicable
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48715Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717985Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68734Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063314.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/45294Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1025793Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/18/6Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0953.htmlNot Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48715Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717985Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68734Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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