PT-2005-4966 · Perl · Perl

Published 2005-12-16 · Updated 2013-10-24 · CVE-2005-4278

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Perl versions prior to 5.8.7-r1

Description The issue is related to an untrusted search path vulnerability. It allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.8.7-r1, update to version 5.8.7-r1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4278

Affected Products

Perl

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4278 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17232 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15120 · Patch
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55314 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/20086 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119 · Note