CVE-2009-4411 (GCVE-0-2009-4411)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-12-24 16:00
Modified
2024-08-07 07:01
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499076
cve@mitre.org http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=63451a0
cve@mitre.org http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
cve@mitre.org http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=790
cve@mitre.org http://osvdb.org/61302
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/37907 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:345
cve@mitre.org http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/23/2
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37455 Patch
cve@mitre.org https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55004
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499076
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=63451a0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=790
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://osvdb.org/61302
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/37907 Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:345
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/23/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37455 Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55004
Impacted products
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