CVE-2009-4411

Publication date 24 December 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

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Description

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
acl 13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
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 Ignored end of life

Notes

sbeattie

hardy may not be needed, according to debian bug report the issue may have introduced in 2.2.46.

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