vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2016-10374: perltidy -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | May 17, 2017 | Jul 30, 2024 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 17, 2017
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
Description
perltidy through 20160302, as used by perlcritic, check-all-the-things, and other software, relies on the current working directory for certain output files and does not have a symlink-attack protection mechanism, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by creating a symlink, as demonstrated by creating a perltidy.ERR symlink that the victim cannot delete.
Solution
debian-upgrade-perltidy
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