CVE-2009-4135
Published: 11 December 2009
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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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coreutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
dapper |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
hardy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
intrepid |
Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
|
|
jaunty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
karmic |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
lucid |
Released
(7.4-2ubuntu3.1)
|
|
maverick |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
natty |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
oneiric |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
quantal |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
raring |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
saucy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
trusty |
Not vulnerable
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
utopic |
Not vulnerable
|
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Patches: upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5 |
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This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. |