CVE-2009-4411
N/A
Published: December 24, 2009 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAcl
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
The (1) setfacl and (2) getfacl commands in XFS acl 2.2.47, when running in recursive (-R) mode, follow symbolic links even when the --physical (aka -P) or -L option is specified, which might allow local users to modify the ACL for arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.
Remediation
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References (11)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=63451a0Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/37907Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:345Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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