DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10374

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10374
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10374.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10374
Upstream
Published
2017-05-17T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:34Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / perltidy

Package

Name
perltidy
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perltidy?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20140328-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / perltidy

Package

Name
perltidy
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perltidy?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20140328-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / perltidy

Package

Name
perltidy
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perltidy?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20140328-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / perltidy

Package

Name
perltidy
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/perltidy?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20140328-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}