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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-04
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Severity: Normal
Title: Perl: Insecure temporary file creation
Date: December 07, 2004
Bugs: #66360
ID: 200412-04
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Synopsis
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Perl is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local
user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Background
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Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language created by Larry
Wall.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-lang/perl < 5.8.5-r2 *>= 5.8.5-r2
>= 5.8.6-r1
dev-lang/perl == 5.8.6 *>= 5.8.5-r2
>= 5.8.6-r1
Description
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Some Perl modules create temporary files in world-writable directories
with predictable names.
Impact
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A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files
directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When a
Perl script is executed, this would result in the file being
overwritten with the rights of the user running the utility, which
could be the root user.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=perl-5.8.5-r2"
References
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[ 1 ]
CAN-2004-0976
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=
CAN-2004-0976
[ 2 ] Trustix Advisory #2004-0050
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050/
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200412-04.xml
Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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