CVE-2011-4363 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Vendors	Products
Frii	Proc\
Perl	Perl

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

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

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

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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2011-4363

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-4363

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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