FKIE_CVE-2017-6512

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-06-01 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:22
Severity
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Race condition in the rmtree and remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before 2.13 for Perl allows attackers to set the mode on arbitrary files via vectors involving directory-permission loosening logic.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://cpansearch.perl.org/src/JKEENAN/File-Path-2.13/ChangesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=153Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99180Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038610Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121951Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-12Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/JKEENAN/File-Path-2.13/ChangesRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=153Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99180Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038610Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121951Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-12Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
file\ \ path_project
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 17.10
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0
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