Race Condition Affecting perl package, versions <5.26.1-150300.17.11.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.02% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-PERL-3023743
  • published15 Sept 2022
  • disclosed14 Sept 2022

Introduced: 14 Sep 2022

CVE-2017-6512  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 perl to version 5.26.1-150300.17.11.1 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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1