CVE-2011-4363
LOW severity · CVSS 2.6 · CWE-59
2.6CVSS LOW
Summary
ProcessTable.pm in the Proc::ProcessTable module 0.45 for Perl, when TTY information caching is enabled, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/TTYDEVS.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47015
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/3
- http://www.osvdb.org/77428
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50868
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4363
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=72862