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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-4135 Detail

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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (02/26/2010)

This issue does not affect users using coreutils binary RPMs, or rebuilding source RPMs. Therefore, we do not plan to release updates addressing this flaw on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5. For additional details, refer to the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-4135

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37645 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/37860 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18779.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18787.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.osvdb.org/60853 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Permissions Required 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-4135
NVD Published Date:
12/11/2009
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.