CVE-2011-0402
dpkg-source in dpkg before 1.14.31 and 1.15.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files in the .pc directory.
02 Description
dpkg-source in dpkg before 1.14.31 and 1.15.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files in the .pc directory.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-01-11 01:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-01-10
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 48104b4a47dc6dc55565bdf0da4b4a754f901e8eebed69e11d20b9f0722bde49
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com42831http://secunia.com/advisories/42831
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-0345http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053311.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdpkg-dpkgsource-symlink(64614)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64614
- secunia.com42826http://secunia.com/advisories/42826
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-0362http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053306.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1038-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1038-1
- osvdb.org70367http://osvdb.org/70367
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0040http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0040
- www.securityfocus.com45703http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45703
- www.debian.orgDSA-2142http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2142
- secunia.com43054http://secunia.com/advisories/43054
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0044http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0044
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0196http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0196
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- dpkg Fixed in 1.15.8.8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- dpkg Fixed in 1.15.8.8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- dpkg Fixed in 1.15.8.8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.