CVE-2009-4411
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-12-24 16:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-12-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3468954f371d67624c70334db59ccd74d4a43383739c6aac97791a6ec34fc9b2
05 Affected products
06 References
- oss.sgi.comhttp://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=790
- osvdb.org61302http://osvdb.org/61302
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/acl.git/commit/?id=63451a0
- www.securityfocus.com37455http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37455
- secunia.com37907http://secunia.com/advisories/37907
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091223 CVE request: acl 2.2.47 always follows symlinkshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/23/2
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:345http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:345
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499076
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:002http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00000.html
- secunia.com38420http://secunia.com/advisories/38420
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comacl-setfacl-getfacl-symlink(55004)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55004
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- acl Fixed in 2.2.49-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- acl Fixed in 2.2.49-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- acl Fixed in 2.2.49-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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