CVE - CVE-2012-2451

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-2451	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The Config::IniFiles module before 2.71 for Perl creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: it has been reported that this might only be exploitable by writing in the same directory as the .ini file. If this is the case, then this issue might not cross privilege boundaries.
References
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BID:53361 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53361 CONFIRM:https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/perl-config-inifiles/changeset/a08fa26f4f59 FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-7763 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081207.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-7777 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080716.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-7802 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080713.html MISC:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818386 MLIST:[oss-security] 20120502 temporary file issue in Config::IniFiles Config-IniFiles perl-Config-IniFiles URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/02/6 OSVDB:81671 URL:~~http://www.osvdb.org/81671~~ (Obsolete source) SECUNIA:48990 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/48990 UBUNTU:USN-1543-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1543-1 XF:config-inifiles-symlink(75328) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75328
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120502	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20120502)
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