NVD - CVE-2009-4135

CVE-2009-4135 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

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.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 12/11/2009

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.4 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5	Issue Tracking Patch
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils@gnu.org/msg18779.html	Mailing List Patch
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils@gnu.org/msg18787.html	Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453	Permissions Required
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439	Issue Tracking Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html	Third Party Advisory

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Link Following (CWE-59)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

4 change records found - show changes

Modified Analysis - 9/7/2016 11:06:38 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 1413 characters. View Entire Change Record Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.2.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.91::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.92::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.93::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.94::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.95::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.96::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.97::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.10::*	Record truncated, showing 500 of 1777 characters. View Entire Change Record Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::lts:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts:::* Configuration 2 OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.2.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.91::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.92::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.93::::::: *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.
Changed	Reference Type	http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5 No Types Assigned	http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5 Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2 Patch	http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/37645 Patch, Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/37645 No Types Assigned
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils@gnu.org/msg18779.html Patch	http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils@gnu.org/msg18779.html Mailing List, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils@gnu.org/msg18787.html Patch	http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils@gnu.org/msg18787.html Mailing List, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1 No Types Assigned	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453 Vendor Advisory	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453 Permissions Required
Changed	Reference Type	http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54673 No Types Assigned	http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54673 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439 Patch	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439 Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html No Types Assigned	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html No Types Assigned	https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-4135
NVD Published Date:
12/11/2009
NVD Last Modified:
08/16/2017

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