DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2451

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2451

    Published: 27 Jun 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-2451

    Summary:

    Details: The Config::IniFiles module before 2.71 for Perl creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: it has been reported that this might only be exploitable by writing in the same directory as the .ini file. If this is the case, then this issue might not cross privilege boundaries.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2451

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libconfig-inifiles-perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libconfig-inifiles-perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.72-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High