Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 24, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-4411
CVE-2009-4411
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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References
11- www.securityfocus.com/bid/37455nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/37907nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/nvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.htmlnvd
- oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- osvdb.org/61302nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/38420nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/23/2nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55004nvd
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