CVE-2011-4363
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.6
Description
ProcessTable.pm in the Proc::ProcessTable module 0.45 for Perl, when TTY information caching is enabled, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/TTYDEVS.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.45-6 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.45-6 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.45-6 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.45-6 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.45-6 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650500
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47015
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/3
- http://www.osvdb.org/77428
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50868
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4363
- https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=72862
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4363
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.