CVE-2011-3351

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
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: 2019-11-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

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.

Affected products

openvas-scanner: before 2011-09-11 — fixed in 2011-09-11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openvas-scanner 2011-09-11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3351
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3351
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3351
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-3351
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3351

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