Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 4, 2011· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2011-0461

Description

/etc/init.d/boot.localfs in the aaa_base package before 11.2-43.48.1 in SUSE openSUSE 11.2, and before 11.3-8.7.1 in openSUSE 11.3, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /dev/shm/mtab.

Affected products

OpenSUSE/openSUSE2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00007.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.htmlnvd
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.htmlnvd
support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0461.htmlnvd
bugzilla.novell.com/665479nvd

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