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SUSE: CVE-2017-6512: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-6512: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
06/01/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/08/2017
Modified
08/10/2021

Description

Race condition in the rmtree and remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before 2.13 for Perl allows attackers to set the mode on arbitrary files via vectors involving directory-permission loosening logic.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-perl
  • suse-upgrade-perl-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-perl-base
  • suse-upgrade-perl-base-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-perl-doc
  • suse-upgrade-perl-file-path
  • suse-upgrade-perl-module-build
  • suse-upgrade-perl-test-simple
  • suse-upgrade-perl-x86

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:2951-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:3092-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0053-1
  • SUSE-SU-2021:0449-1
  • DLA-978-1
  • DSA-3873
  • USN-3625-1
  • USN-3625-2
  • CVE-2017-6512
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