CVE-2014-2277

Public on 2014-06-15

Modified on 2014-09-19

Description

The make_temporary_filename function in perltidy 20120701-1 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack, related to use of the tmpnam function.

Severity

Low

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CVSS v3 Base Score

2.1

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	perltidy	2014-06-15	ALAS-2014-356

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD	CVSSv2	3.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD	CVSSv3	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-2277 Mitre: CVE-2014-2277