CVE-2009-4135
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 11, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2009
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [bug-coreutils] 20091208 Re: build: distcheck: do not leave a $TMPDIR/coreutils directory behindmailing-list
- 60853vdb-entry
- USN-2473-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20091208 CVE Request -- coreutils -- unsafe temporary directory location usemailing-list
- 37645third-party-advisory
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5
- 37256vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20091208 Re: CVE Request -- coreutils -- unsafe temporary directory location usemailing-list
- FEDORA-2009-13216vendor-advisory
- ADV-2009-3453vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2009-13181vendor-advisory
- 37860third-party-advisory
- gnu-core-distcheck-symlink(54673)vdb-entry
- 62226third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439
- [bug-coreutils] 20091209 [PATCH] doc: NEWS: mention the "make distcheck" vulnerabilitymailing-list
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