MGASA-2014-0147

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    MGASA-2014-0147

    Published: 31 Mar 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-2277

    Summary: Updated perltidy package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: perltidy's make_temporary_filename() function insecurely created temporary files via the use of the tmpnam() function. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack (CVE-2014-2277).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0147.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13081, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130479.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perltidy

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/perltidy?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -20121207.0.0-2.1.mga3

    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