CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-2451

Published: Jun 27, 2012 | Modified: Aug 29, 2017
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

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

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Config-inifiles Shlomi_fish * 2.70 (including)
Libconfig-inifiles-perl Ubuntu hardy *
Libconfig-inifiles-perl Ubuntu lucid *
Libconfig-inifiles-perl Ubuntu natty *
Libconfig-inifiles-perl Ubuntu oneiric *
Libconfig-inifiles-perl Ubuntu precise *
Libconfig-inifiles-perl Ubuntu upstream *

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