CVE-2011-4116
_is_safe in the File::Temp module for Perl does not properly handle symlinks.
02 Description
_is_safe in the File::Temp module for Perl does not properly handle symlinks.
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
- 0.52% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 3.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. 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
- 2020-01-31 17:12Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-10-18
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7282deaa1b633ee2e97902a5fd6a491124b1c4190ebbc70d832e67c3702b711d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/04/2
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/04/4
- seclists.orghttps://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q4/238
- rt.cpan.orghttps://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=69106
- github.comhttps://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/File-Temp/issues/14
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- perl No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- perl No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- perl No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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