Race Condition Affecting perl package, versions <5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.46% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-PERL-327635
  • published 1 Jun 2017
  • disclosed 1 Jun 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 perl to version 5.18.2-2ubuntu1.4 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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 Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None