CVE-2005-4278

Summary

CVECVE-2005-4278
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-16 11:03:00 UTC
Updated2013-10-24 01:56:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for perl / qt-unixodbc / cmake SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Multiple Packages Insecure RUNPATH Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Security Advisory SA55314 - Oracle Solaris Perl Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Perl, Qt-UnixODBC, CMake: RUNPATH issues GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch
20086 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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