UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10374

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10374
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10374.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10374
Upstream
Published
2017-05-17T19:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:12:00.556033Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / perltidy

Package

Name
perltidy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perltidy@20140328-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

Other

20140328-1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / perltidy

Package

Name
perltidy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perltidy@20140328-2?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "perltidy",
            "binary_version": "20140328-2"
        }
    ]
}