medium4.4
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…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04 |
| Gnu | Coreutils | Versions 5.2.1, 5.91, 5.92, 5.93, 5.94, 5.95 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 11, 12 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- 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
- 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