PT-2012-4054 · Perl · Config::Inifiles

Vincent Danen · Published 2012-06-27 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-2451

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Config::IniFiles versions prior to 2.71

Description The issue allows local users to potentially overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack due to the creation of temporary files with predictable names. It has been reported that this might only be exploitable by writing in the same directory as the .ini file, which could limit the ability to cross privilege boundaries.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.71, consider updating to version 2.71 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict write access to the directory containing the .ini file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2451

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10146-1

Affected Products

Config::Inifiles

References · 17

• 🔥 https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-config-inifiles/changeset/a08fa26f4f59 · Exploit
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080713.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081207.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1543-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2451 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2451 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48990 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10146-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080716.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2451 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2451 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2451 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53361 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818386 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/02/6 · Note