# CVE-2011-3180: kiwi before 4.98.08, as used in SUSE Studio Onsite 1.2 before 1.2.1 and SUSE Studio Extension for System z 1.2 before 1.2.1, allows attacker

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-04-16 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

kiwi before 4.98.08, as used in SUSE Studio Onsite 1.2 before 1.2.1 and SUSE Studio Extension for System z 1.2 before 1.2.1, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path of an overlay file, related to chown.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/02/4
- https://github.com/openSUSE/kiwi/commit/f0f74b3f6ac6d47f7919aa9db380c0ad41ffe55f#
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00015.html

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