CVE-2011-1006
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-1023)
- Published
- March 22, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-1023 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
- balbir singh / libcgroup
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(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43758(Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Patch)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2193
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0320.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46729
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025158
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0679(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0774
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678107(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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