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CVE-2011-4124

2021-10-2700:00:00

ubuntu.com

calibre

input validation

linux_mount_helper

argument injection

privilege elevation

bugs

launchpad

udisk

setuid helper

ubuntu 10.10

ubuntu 10.04 lts

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.005

Percentile

76.2%

JSON

Input validation issues were found in Calibre at
devices/linux_mount_helper.c which can lead to argument injection and
elevation of privileges.

Bugs

<https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre/+bug/885027>

Notes

Author	Note
sbeattie	Ubuntu, from 10.10 (maverick) and after, uses the udisk-based shell script that Martin Pitt wrote instead of the upstream calibre setuid helper. In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (lucid), the calibre package does not include the setuid helper at all.

References

launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-4124

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4124

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4124

www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4124

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS3

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.005

Percentile

76.2%

JSON

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