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TI-2009-03920 Aliases CVE-2009-4135GHSA-q7ww-m6jm-qmwq

The distcheck rule in dist-check.mk in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 through 8.1 allows local users…

Priority LOW 21CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00379 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 31

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*10.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*12.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*14.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.91VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.92VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.93VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.94VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.95VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.96VulnerableGNU
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 10.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 12.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.91 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.92 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.93 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.94 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.95 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.96 Vulnerable ·GNU
Show 21 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.97VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.2VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.3VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.4VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.5VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.6VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.7VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.8VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.9VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.10VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.11VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.12VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.2VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.3VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.4VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.5VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.6VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.1VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*12VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:5.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.97 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.2 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.4 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.5 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.6 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.7 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.8 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.9 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.10 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.11 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.12 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.2 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.3 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.4 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.5 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.6 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:coreutils:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.1 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-4135
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q7ww-m6jm-qmwq

References

Patch 3

Advisory 4

Other 4

Sources

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