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title: "CVE-2009-3589\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3589

Publication date 8 October 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

incron 0.5.5 does not initialize supplementary groups when running a
process from a user's incrontabs, which causes the process to be run with
the incrond supplementary groups and allows local users to gain privileges
via an incrontab table.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| incron | 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3589?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| incron | * Vendor:   <http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/incron/EL-5/incron-0.5.5-initgroups.patch?revision=1.1&view=markup> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3589)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3589)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3589)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3589)

### Other references

* <http://inotify.aiken.cz/?section=incron&page=changelog&lang=en>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3589>