CVE-2011-4363 (GCVE-0-2011-4363)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-07 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
ProcessTable.pm in the Proc::ProcessTable module 0.45 for Perl, when TTY information caching is enabled, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/TTYDEVS.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50868 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650500 | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/47015 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.osvdb.org/77428 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=72862 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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