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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:26 am Post subject: [ GLSA 201208-05 ] Perl Config-IniFiles Module: Insecure tem |
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
Title: Perl Config-IniFiles Module: Insecure temporary file usage (GLSA 201208-05)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: local
Date: August 14, 2012
Bug(s): #414485
ID: 201208-05
Synopsis
An insecure temporary file usage has been reported in the Perl
Config-IniFiles module, possibly allowing symlink attacks.
Background
Config-IniFiles is a Perl module for reading .ini-style configuration
files.
Affected Packages
Package: dev-perl/Config-IniFiles
Vulnerable: < 2.710.0
Unaffected: >= 2.710.0
Architectures: All supported architectures
Description
The Perl Config-IniFiles module uses predicatable temporary file names.
Impact
A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of the user running the application.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All users of the Perl Config-IniFiles module should upgrade to the
latest version:
Code: | # emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
">=dev-perl/Config-IniFiles-2.710.0"
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References
CVE-2012-2451 |
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