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Gentoo: 200412-04 Moderate: Perl Symlink File Overwrite Denied

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Calendar Grey December 7, 2004
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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200501-07 outlines a Python flaw resulting in unauthorized file access, stemming from symlink vulnerabilities.
Perl is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-04 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Perl: Insecure temporary file creation Date: December 07, 2004 Bugs: #66360 ID: 200412-04

Synopsis ======= Perl is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Background ========= Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language created by Larry Wall.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected --------------------------------------------------...

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