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CVE-2012-2451

Published: Jun 27, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2451
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The Config::IniFiles module before 2.71 for Perl creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: it has been reported that this might only be exploitable by writing in the same directory as the .ini file. If this is the case, then this issue might not cross privilege boundaries.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Config-inifilesShlomi_fish*2.70 (including)
Libconfig-inifiles-perlUbuntuhardy*
Libconfig-inifiles-perlUbuntulucid*
Libconfig-inifiles-perlUbuntunatty*
Libconfig-inifiles-perlUbuntuoneiric*
Libconfig-inifiles-perlUbuntuprecise*
Libconfig-inifiles-perlUbuntuupstream*

References

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