CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-4411

Published: Dec 24, 2009 | Modified: Aug 17, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.7 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
3.3 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Acl Xfs 2.2.47 (including) 2.2.47 (including)
Acl Ubuntu dapper *
Acl Ubuntu hardy *
Acl Ubuntu intrepid *
Acl Ubuntu jaunty *
Acl Ubuntu karmic *
Acl Ubuntu upstream *

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