Improper Input Validation Affecting perl5 package, versions [5.4.5,5.6]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PERL5-2317600
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed20 Oct 2000
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Oct 2000

CVE-2000-0703  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for perl5.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation suidperl (aka sperl) does not properly cleanse the escape sequence "~!" before calling /bin/mail to send an error report, which allows local users to gain privileges by setting the "interactive" environmental variable and calling suidperl with a filename that contains the escape sequence.

CVSS Base Scores

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