PT-2012-1872 · Perl · Proc::Processtable

Vincent Danen · Published 2012-10-07 · Updated 2013-08-22 · CVE-2011-4363

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Proc::ProcessTable module version 0.45

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/TTYDEVS when TTY information caching is enabled in the ProcessTable.pm module for Perl.

Recommendations For Proc::ProcessTable module version 0.45, consider disabling TTY information caching as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the /tmp/TTYDEVS file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4363

MGASA-2013-0254

Affected Products

Proc::Processtable

References · 19

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-4363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-4363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0254.html · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-August/113068.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4363 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4363 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2013-0254 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4363 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10928 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/50868 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4363 · Note
• https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=72862 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47015 · Note