Debian Security Advisory
DSA-620-1 perl -- insecure temporary files / directories
- Date Reported:
- 30 Dec 2004
- Affected Packages:
- perl
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0452, CVE-2004-0976.
- More information:
-
Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in Perl, the popular scripting language. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
- CAN-2004-0452
Jeroen van Wolffelaar discovered that the rmtree() function in the File::Path module removes directory trees in an insecure manner which could lead to the removal of arbitrary files and directories through a symlink attack.
- CAN-2004-0976
Trustix developers discovered several insecure uses of temporary files in many modules which allow a local attacker to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 5.6.1-8.8.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 5.8.4-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your perl packages.
- CAN-2004-0452
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libcgi-fast-perl_5.6.1-8.8_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-doc_5.6.1-8.8_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-modules_5.6.1-8.8_all.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-doc_5.6.1-8.8_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.6.1-8.8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.6.1-8.8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.6.1-8.8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.6.1-8.8_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.6.1-8.8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.6.1-8.8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.6.1-8.8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.6.1-8.8_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.6.1-8.8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.6.1-8.8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.6.1-8.8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.6.1-8.8_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.6.1-8.8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.6.1-8.8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.6.1-8.8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.6.1-8.8_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.6.1-8.8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.6.1-8.8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.6.1-8.8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.6.1-8.8_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.6.1-8.8_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.6.1-8.8_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.6.1-8.8_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.6.1-8.8_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.6.1-8.8_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.6.1-8.8_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.6.1-8.8_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.6.1-8.8_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.6.1-8.8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.6.1-8.8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.6.1-8.8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.6.1-8.8_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.6.1-8.8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.6.1-8.8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.6.1-8.8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.6.1-8.8_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.6.1-8.8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.6.1-8.8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.6.1-8.8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.6.1-8.8_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl-dev_5.6.1-8.8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl_5.6.1-8.8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-base_5.6.1-8.8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-debug_5.6.1-8.8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/perl-suid_5.6.1-8.8_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/perl/libperl5.6_5.6.1-8.8_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.