PT-2004-1990 · Perl+2 · Perl+2

Published 2004-10-20 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2004-0976

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Trustix Secure Linux versions 1.5 through 2.1 perl package in Trustix Secure Linux versions 1.5 through 2.1

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files created by multiple scripts in the perl package.

Recommendations: For Trustix Secure Linux versions 1.5 through 2.1, consider restricting access to the temporary files created by the perl package scripts until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the perl package scripts that create temporary files in a manner that could be exploited by a symlink attack.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0976

DSA-620-1

RHSA-2005:881

RHSA-2005_881

Affected Products

Red Hat

Trustix Secure Linux

Perl

References · 19

• http://trustix.org/errata/2004/0050 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0976 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-881.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0976 · Security Note
• http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11294 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-0976 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0976 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:031 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17661 · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-3962.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9752 · Note