Perl Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:11294

Info

Perl Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11294
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0976
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 30 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 17 2006 04:15PM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for the discovery of this issue is currently unknown; Trustix security engineers are credited with these discoveries.
Vulnerable: Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
Redhat Linux 7.3 i686
Redhat Fedora Core2
Redhat Fedora Core1
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.2
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.1
OpenPKG OpenPKG Current
Larry Wall Perl 5.8.3
+ Gentoo Linux
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.0
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ppc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia64
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 ia32
 Larry Wall Perl 5.8.1
Larry Wall Perl 5.8
+ Turbolinux Home
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0
Larry Wall Perl 5.6.1
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Server 7.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 8.0
+ Turbolinux Turbolinux Workstation 7.0
Larry Wall Perl 5.6
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Perl Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Perl is affected by an unspecified vulnerability -- it creates temporary files in an insecure manor. This issue is likely due to a design error whereby the application fails to verify the existence of a file before writing to it.

An attacker may leverage this issue to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of an unsuspecting user that activates the vulnerable application. Reportedly, this issue is unlikely to facilitate privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

Perl Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit is required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

Perl Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the referenced advisories for more information.


Larry Wall Perl 5.6.1

Larry Wall Perl 5.8

Larry Wall Perl 5.8.1

Larry Wall Perl 5.8.3

References

Perl Unspecified Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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