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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libproc-processtable-perl | 0.45-6 | — |
| Debian 13 | libproc-processtable-perl | 0.45-6 | — |
| Debian 12 | libproc-processtable-perl | 0.45-6 | — |
References
- [oss-security] 20111130 CVE request: Proc::ProcessTable perl module mailing-list
- 50868 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4363
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650500
- 47015 third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20111130 Re: CVE request: Proc::ProcessTable perl module mailing-list
- 77428 vdb-entry
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=72862