CVE-2009-4135
N/A
Published: December 11, 2009 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsFedoraUbuntu LinuxCoreutils
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (16)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18779.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils%40gnu.org/msg18787.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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