CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6512
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-06-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362
Description
Race condition in the rmtree and remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before 2.13 for Perl allows attackers to set the mode on arbitrary files via vectors involving directory-permission loosening logic.
Affected configurations
• file\ \ path project (< 2.13)
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness
References
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/JKEENAN/File-Path-2.13/Changes Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=153 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99180 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038610 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121951 Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-12 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/ Third Party Advisory
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/JKEENAN/File-Path-2.13/Changes Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=153 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99180 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038610 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121951 Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-12 Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/ Third Party Advisory