High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2019· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-3351
CVE-2011-3351
Description
openvas-scanner before 2011-09-11 creates a temporary file insecurely when generating OVAL system characteristics document with the ovaldi integrated tool enabled. A local attacker could use this flaw to conduct symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
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Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:openvas:openvas-scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openvas:openvas-scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2011-09-11
- (no CPE)range: <2011-09-11
- openvas-scanner/openvas-scannerv5Range: through 2011-09-11
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References
4- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3351nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3351nvdBroken Link
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