CVE-2009-4135 Information

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.

Reference

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5 http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=126030454503441&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/37645 http://secunia.com/advisories/37860 http://secunia.com/advisories/62226 http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils@gnu.org/msg18779.html http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils@gnu.org/msg18787.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/08/4 http://www.osvdb.org/60853 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37256 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2473-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3453 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54673 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00954.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-December/msg00972.html