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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10374
perltidy through 20160302, as used by perlcritic, check-all-the-things, and other software, relies on the current working directory for certain output...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
perltidy
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20140328-2"}]}]
Debian:13
perltidy
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20140328-2"}]}]
Debian:14
perltidy
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20140328-2"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org