Race Condition Affecting perl package, versions <5.24.1-3
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0.46% (76th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PERL-529460
- published 1 Jun 2017
- disclosed 1 Jun 2017
Introduced: 1 Jun 2017
CVE-2017-6512 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 perl to version 5.24.1-3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl package and not the perl package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
Race condition in the rmtree and remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before 2.13 for Perl allows attackers to set the mode on arbitrary files via vectors involving directory-permission loosening logic.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6512
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/JKEENAN/File-Path-2.13/Changes
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=153
- https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121951
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-12
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99180
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038610
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-6512
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
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