KiwiApplication · Marcus Schafer

CVE-2011-2225

HIGH · 9.3 CVSS v2.0 Developing Published 2011-08-23
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 3.74.1 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Unspecified vulnerability in Kiwi before 3.74.2, as used in SUSE Studio 1.1 before 1.1.4, allows attackers to have an unknown impact via a crafted directory pathname that is inserted into config.sh.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · low confidence
Developing — this CVE was published recently and its authoritative NVD entry is still being established, so we're holding a technical summary until the source data settles rather than publish something unreliable. Re-checking after 2026-08-05.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
KiwiApplication
Affected:<= 3.74.1
Suse Studio OnsiteApplication
Affected:= 1.1

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 3.74.1
Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Kiwi 3.74.2 or later; SUSE Studio Onsite 1.1.4 or later

  1. 1. Identify whether Kiwi or SUSE Studio Onsite is in use in your environment.
  2. 2. For Kiwi installations: Check the current version (kiwi --version or check installed package).
  3. 3. For SUSE Studio Onsite: Check the current version through the admin interface or package manager.
  4. 4. If Kiwi version is <= 3.74.1, upgrade to version 3.74.2 or later.
  5. 5. If SUSE Studio Onsite version is 1.1 and < 1.1.4, upgrade to version 1.1.4 or later.
  6. 6. After upgrade, verify the new version is running.
  7. 7. Review any config.sh scripts for suspicious directory path modifications as a precautionary measure.

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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