CVE-2011-2490

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

opielogin.c in opielogin in OPIE 2.4.1-test1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local users to gain privileges by arranging for an account to already be running its maximum number of processes.

Affected products

Nrl Opie: through 2.4.1; 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.10, 2.11, 2.21 (+2)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631345
http://secunia.com/advisories/39966
http://secunia.com/advisories/45136
http://secunia.com/advisories/45448
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2281
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/22/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/23/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48390
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=698772
https://bugzillafiles.novell.org/attachment.cgi?id=435901
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/10082052
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/10082068

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