CVE-2011-4363 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2012-10-07

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:frii:proc\:\:processtable:0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-4293	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650500
http://secunia.com/advisories/47015
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/3
http://www.osvdb.org/77428
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50868
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4363
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=72862

History

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Subscriptions

Frii Proc\

Perl Perl

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-10-07T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:14:01.157Z

Reserved: 2011-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4363

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-10-07T21:55:00.940

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-4363

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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