CVE-2011-1006

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-03-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_cgroup_spec function in tools/tools-common.c in the Control Group Configuration Library (aka libcgroup or libcg) before 0.37.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted controller list on the command line of an application. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Affected products

Balbir Singh Libcgroup: through 0.37; 0.1b, 0.1c, 0.2, 0.3, 0.31, 0.32 (+10)

References

http://libcg.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=libcg/libcg%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5ae8aea1ecd60c439121d3329d8eaabf13d292c1
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056683.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056734.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00027.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43611
http://secunia.com/advisories/43758
http://secunia.com/advisories/43891
http://secunia.com/advisories/44093
http://sourceforge.net/projects/libcg/files/libcgroup/v0.37.1/libcgroup-0.37.1.tar.bz2/download
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2193
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0320.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46729

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