CVE-2005-0077
The DBI library (libdbi-perl) for Perl allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary PID file.
02 Description
The DBI library (libdbi-perl) for Perl allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary PID file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-01-29 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 20:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-01-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9f766b6670ffcfb5ce616ced159e41e42bbf950094ddda8be23a684455eec92e
05 Affected products
06 References
- securitytracker.com1013007http://securitytracker.com/id?1013007
- www.securityfocus.comFLSA-2006:178989http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426530/30/6600/threaded
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:030http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:030
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdbi-library-file-overwrite(19068)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19068
- www.debian.orgDSA-658http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-658
- secunia.com14015http://secunia.com/advisories/14015
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10552https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10552
- www.securityfocus.com12360http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12360
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200501-38http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml
- secunia.com14050http://secunia.com/advisories/14050
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:072http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-072.html
- marc.info20050125 [USN-70-1] Perl DBI module vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110667936707597&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libdbi-perl Fixed in 1.46-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libdbi-perl Fixed in 1.46-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libdbi-perl Fixed in 1.46-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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