CVE-2011-2185
Fabric vulnerable to symlink attack on tmp files
EPSS 0.03%
Description
Fabric before 1.1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) a /tmp/fab.*.tar file or (2) certain other files in the top level of /tmp/.
How to fix CVE-2011-2185
To remediate CVE-2011-2185, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/fabric—upgrade to 1.1.2-1 or later
- PyPI/fabric—upgrade to 1.1.0 or later
Is CVE-2011-2185 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.1.2-1
- from 0, < 1.1.0