CVE-2009-4029 Information

Description

The (1) dist or (2) distcheck rules in GNU Automake 1.11.1 1.10.3 and release branches branch-1-4 through branch-1-9 when producing a distribution tarball for a package that uses Automake assign insecure permissions (777) to directories in the build tree which introduces a race condition that allows local users to modify the contents of package files introduce Trojan horse programs or conduct other attacks before the build is complete.

Reference

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-12/msg00010.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-12/msg00011.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-12/msg00012.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2009-12/msg00013.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2009-11/msg00017.html http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6077 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021784.1-1 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2010-0071 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:203 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514526/100/0/threaded http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3579 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11717