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High ALAS2-2025-2891 1 CVE

Important: perl-File-Find-Rule security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jun 9, 2025 · Updated Jun 12, 2025

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2011-10007: File::Find::Rule through 0.34 for Perl is vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution when `grep()` encounters a crafted filename. A file handle is opened with the 2 argument form of `open()` allowing an attacker controlled filename to provide the MODE parameter to `open()`, turning the filename into a command to be executed. Example: $ mkdir /tmp/poc; echo > "/tmp/poc/|id" $ perl -MFile::Find::Rule \ -E 'File::Find::Rule->grep("foo")->in("/tmp/poc")' uid=1000(user) gid=1000(user) groups=1000(user),100(users)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 perl-File-Find-Rule 0:0.33-5.amzn2.0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2011-10007.html