CVE-2005-4278

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4278
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-16 11:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in Perl before 5.8.7-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.4 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.4.5 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.5 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.5.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.6.1 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.0 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.1 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.1 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.2 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.2.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.4 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4.5 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Perl, Qt-UnixODBC, CMake: RUNPATH issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch
www.osvdb.org/20086 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo Linux Multiple Packages Insecure RUNPATH Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for perl / qt-unixodbc / cmake af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA55314 - Oracle Solaris Perl Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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