Is CVE-2011-3151 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2011-3151 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2011-3151?

CVE-2011-3151 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.2 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2011-3151?

CVE-2011-3151 has an EPSS score of 0.60% (44th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2011-3151?

Upgrade selinux to 1:0.10 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2011-3151

MEDIUM

5.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Ubuntu SELinux initscript before version 1:0.10 used touch to create a lockfile in a world-writable directory. If the OS kernel does not have symlink protections then an attacker can cause a zero byte file to be allocated on any writable filesystem.

CWE-693Protection Mechanism Failure

How to fix

Remediation Available

selinuxNVD

Affected:< 1:0.10Fixed in:1:0.10CVE-2011-3151derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.60%probability of exploitation in 30 days

44thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 44% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

launchpadlibrarian.net

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CVE-2013-0431	Medium	5.3	90%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2025-40536	High	8.1	82%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2019-1003030	Critical	9.9	76%	KEV	-
CVE-2025-0411	High	7.0	67%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.