Larry Wall: >> Perl >> 5.6.1 Security Vulnerabilities
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Perl before 5.8.7-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.
CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2005-12-16
Multiple scripts in the perl package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1 and other operating systems allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
CVSS Score
2.1
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2005-02-09
Integer overflow in the duplication operator in ActivePerl allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large multiplier, which may trigger a buffer overflow.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.075
Published
2004-12-31
Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack.
CVSS Score
2.6
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2004-12-21