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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : acl (MDVSA-2009:345)

low Nessus Plugin ID 43610

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in acl :

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 (CVE-2009-4411).

This update provides a fix for this vulnerability.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 43610

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-345.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 12/29/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:acl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64acl-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64acl1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libacl-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libacl1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4411

BID: 37455

CWE: 264

MDVSA: 2009:345