CVE-2009-4135

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18779.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/60853
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37645
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37860
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62226
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439
• http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18787.html

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