Description
The distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 through 8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file in a directory tree under /tmp.
References
- [bug-coreutils] 20091208 Re: build: distcheck: do not leave a $TMPDIR/coreutils directory behind mailing-list
- 60853 vdb-entry
- USN-2473-1 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20091208 CVE Request -- coreutils -- unsafe temporary directory location use mailing-list
- 37645 third-party-advisory
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=ae034822c535fa5
- 37256 vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20091208 Re: CVE Request -- coreutils -- unsafe temporary directory location use mailing-list
- FEDORA-2009-13216 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2009-3453 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2009-13181 vendor-advisory
- 37860 third-party-advisory
- gnu-core-distcheck-symlink(54673) vdb-entry
- 62226 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=545439
- [bug-coreutils] 20091209 [PATCH] doc: NEWS: mention the "make distcheck" vulnerability mailing-list