MGASA-2017-0301

Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0301.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0301.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0301
Related
Published
2017-08-24T21:18:23Z
Modified
2017-08-24T20:37:41Z
Summary
Updated perltidy packages fix security vulnerability
Details

perltidy 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 (CVE-2016-10374).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / perltidy

Package

Name
perltidy
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/perltidy?distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20170521.0.0-1.mga5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "section": "core"
}