CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-2520
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-07-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.0 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502
Description
fw_dbus.py in system-config-firewall 1.2.29 and earlier uses the pickle Python module unsafely during D-Bus communication between the GUI and the backend, which might allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted serialized object.
Affected configurations
• redhat system-config-firewall (<= 1.2.29)
• fedoraproject fedora 15
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063314.html Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45294 Not Applicable
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025793 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/18/6 Mailing List
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0953.html Not Applicable
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48715 Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717985 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68734 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063314.html Mailing List
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45294 Not Applicable
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1025793 Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/18/6 Mailing List
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0953.html Not Applicable
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48715 Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=717985 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68734 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry