CVE-2009-4135
The distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 through 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file in a directory tree under /tmp.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 4.4 Medium
- Status
- Modified - secalert@redhat.com
- Published
- 2009-12-11
- Last modified
- 2024-08-07
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Affected products
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37645
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37860
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62226
- http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18779.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18787.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4
- http://www.osvdb.org/60853
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html
