PT-2012-1872

CVE-2011-4363

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Published

2012-10-07

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Updated

2013-08-22

Description by

CVSS 2.0
2.6
Low
MetricsAV: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.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
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Affected products
Related identifiers
MGASA-2013-0254
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