CVE-2015-3409

Summary

CVECVE-2015-3409
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-05-19 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-04 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in Module::Signature before 0.75 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse module under the current working directory, as demonstrated by a Trojan horse Text::Diff module.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Application Module-signature Project Module-signature All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
* Avoid loading modules from relative paths in @INC for Text::Diff etc. · audreyt/module-signature@c41e888 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: Module::Signature before 0.75 - multiple vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3261-1 libmodule-signature-perl DEBIAN www.debian.org
Changes - metacpan.org CONFIRM metacpan.org
oss-security - CVE request: Module::Signature before 0.75 - multiple vulnerabilities MLIST www.openwall.com
USN-2607-1: Module::Signature vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU ubuntu.com
Module::Signature 'Signature.pm' Security Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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