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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-4135
The distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 through...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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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ubuntu linux, coreutils, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 5.2.1, 5.91, 5.92, 5.93, 5.94, 5.95, 5.96, 5.97, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8.1, 11, 12
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 11th, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.