--- title: "CVE-2009-4261\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4261?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2009-4261 Publication date 21 December 2009 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the iallocator framework in Ganeti 1.2.4 through 1.2.8, 2.0.0 through 2.0.4, and 2.1.0 before 2.1.0~rc2 allow (1) remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a crafted external script name supplied through the HTTP remote API (RAPI) and allow (2) local users to execute arbitrary programs and gain privileges via a crafted external script name supplied through a gnt-\* command, related to "path sanitization errors." ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | ganeti | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected | | 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, was needed | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4261) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4261) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-4261) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4261) ### Other references *