CVE-2011-4363
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.
02 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.
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
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 22.8% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2012-10-07 21:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 22:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-11-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 99e98c8a99449de3d9a795842d79ecc80ccdb0b92d3b5891e3e60fca684f94d8
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20111130 CVE request: Proc::ProcessTable perl modulehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/2
- www.securityfocus.com50868http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50868
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-4363
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650500
- secunia.com47015http://secunia.com/advisories/47015
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20111130 Re: CVE request: Proc::ProcessTable perl modulehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/3
- www.osvdb.org77428http://www.osvdb.org/77428
- rt.cpan.orghttps://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=72862
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libproc-processtable-perl Fixed in 0.45-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libproc-processtable-perl Fixed in 0.45-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libproc-processtable-perl Fixed in 0.45-6
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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