VulnerabilityModified
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.
MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · gnu/coreutils · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- 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/2009/12/08/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/60853
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- 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/2009/12/08/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/60853
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453Permissions Required
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.