Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when... · CVE-1999-1386 · GitHub Advisory Database · GitHub

Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when...

Low severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 4, 2024

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Affected versions

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Patched versions

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Description

Perl 5.004_04 and earlier follows symbolic links when running with the -e option, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl-eaXXXXX file.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database

Dec 31, 1999

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022

Last updated Feb 4, 2024