CPANSA-perl-1999-1386: perl vulnerability

Publisher giterlizzi Document category csaf_security_advisory
Initial release date 1999-12-31T00:00:00 Engine CSAF Perl Toolkit 0.25
Current release date 1999-12-31T00:00:00 Build Date
Current version 1 Status final
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 5.5 Severity
Original language Language en
Also referred to

Vulnerability Description

Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when running with the -e option, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl-eaXXXXX file.

Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-1386

Vulnerability Description

Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when running with the -e option, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl-eaXXXXX file.

Weakness CWE-59 : Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Product status

Known affected
Product Score
perl less than 5.4.4
CVSS Version CVSS Vector CVSS Base Score CVSS Base Severity
3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N 5.5 Medium
2.0 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 2.1 Low

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References

Revision history

Version Date of the revision Summary of the revision
1 Fri Dec 31 00:00:00 1999 First release

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