CVE-2011-1934 Information disclosure in lilo
Medium 4.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-1934 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2011-1934 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 26 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1934 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1934/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1934/index.md)
The lilo-uuid-diskid utility makes the lilo.conf configuration file world-readable, allowing local attackers to read sensitive boot configuration data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2011-1934?
CVE-2011-1934 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 26 Nov 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
lilo-uuid-diskid causes lilo.conf to be world-readable in lilo 23.1.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1934?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Lilo Project Lilo.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1934?
No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1934 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2011-1934 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1934 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h5cf-v95p-rwxx.