Upstream information

CVE-2009-3289 at MITRE

Description

The g_file_copy function in glib 2.0 sets the permissions of a target file to the permissions of a symbolic link (777), which allows user-assisted local users to modify files of other users, as demonstrated by using Nautilus to modify the permissions of the user home directory.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.4
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 538005 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11
  • glib2 >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • glib2-doc >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • glib2-lang >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgio-2_0-0 >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgio-2_0-0-32bit >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgio-2_0-0-x86 >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libglib-2_0-0 >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libglib-2_0-0-32bit >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libglib-2_0-0-x86 >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgmodule-2_0-0 >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgmodule-2_0-0-32bit >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgmodule-2_0-0-x86 >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgobject-2_0-0 >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgobject-2_0-0-32bit >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgobject-2_0-0-x86 >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgthread-2_0-0 >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgthread-2_0-0-32bit >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
  • libgthread-2_0-0-x86 >= 2.18.2-7.9.1
 Patchnames:
slessp0-glib2

Status of this issue by product and package

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Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 glib2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 glib2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 glib2 Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 glib2 Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 07:10:11 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 13 18:23:06 2023