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CVE-2009-4135 Details

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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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
canonical ubuntu linux	10.04 12.04 14.04
CPE 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::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
gnu coreutils	5.2.1 5.91 5.92 5.93 5.94
CPE 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:6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:8.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	11 12
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:12:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 7, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 18, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 14, 2009	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2009-4135 Details

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