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CVE-2013-2561

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CVE-2013-2561 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in OpenFabrics ibutils 1.5.7 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files in /tmp/. With a CVSS score of 6.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to significant integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openfabrics:ibutils:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.3MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
9.2
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ibutils-0:1.5.7-8.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: infinipath-psm-0:3.0.1-115.1015_open.2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libibverbs-0:1.1.7-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libmlx4-0:1.0.5-4.el6.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: librdmacm-0:1.0.17-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mpitests-0:3.2-9.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: mstflint-0:3.0-0.6.g6961daa.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: openmpi-0:1.5.4-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: perftest-0:2.0-2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qperf-0:0.4.9-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rdma-0:3.10-3.el6
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ibutils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2561Moderate

ibutils: insecure handling of files in the /tmp directory

Mar 6, 2013

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1661.html
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2013/Mar/87
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/03/19/8
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/03/26/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/03/26/11
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/03/26/4
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
securityfocus.com / bid/58335