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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52851
Category:Turbolinux Local Security Tests
Title:Turbolinux TLSA-2005-35 (perl)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to perl
announced via advisory TLSA-2005-35.

Perl is a high-level programming language with roots in C, sed, awk
and shell scripting. Perl is good at handling processes and files,
and is especially good at handling text.

A vulnerability in the manner in which perl handles temporary files
could allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

This vulerability could allow attackers to overwrite arbitrary files
via a symbolic link attack.

Solution: Please use the turbopkg (zabom) tool to apply the update.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=TLSA-2005-35

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
2.6

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0452
BugTraq ID: 12072
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
Bugtraq: 20050111 [OpenPKG-SA-2005.001] OpenPKG Security Advisory (perl) (Google Search)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
Debian Security Information: DSA-620 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/12991
http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
SGI Security Advisory: 20060101-01-U
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/
XForce ISS Database: perl-filepathrmtree-insecure-permissions(18650)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0976
BugTraq ID: 11294
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11294
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:031
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9752
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-881.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17661
http://secunia.com/advisories/18075
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050
XForce ISS Database: script-temporary-file-overwrite(17583)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17583
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