CVE-2011-2684

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2011-2684 · Published 23/10/2017 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-2684 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting foo2zjs (rkkda).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.41%, higher than 35.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
foo2zjs rkkda	`= 20090908dfsg-5.1+squeeze0= 20110722dfsg-1= 20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1`	No fix yet

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

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/10 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5 · Mailing List
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Third Party Advisory
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foo2zjs/+bug/805370 · Third Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2684 · Third Party Advisory

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