MGASA-2014-0486

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    MGASA-2014-0486

    Published: 26 Nov 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-5269

    Summary: Updated perl-Plack package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: Plack::App::File would previously strip trailing slashes off provided paths. This in combination with the common pattern of serving files with Plack::Middleware::Static could allow an attacker to bypass a whitelist of generated files (CVE-2014-5269).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0486.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14012, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/137115.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl-Plack

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.400-2.1.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
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