- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200502-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: High Title: Perl: Vulnerabilities in perl-suid wrapper Date: February 11, 2005 Bugs: #80460 ID: 200502-13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== Vulnerabilities leading to file overwriting and code execution with elevated privileges have been discovered in the perl-suid wrapper. Background ========== Perl is a stable, cross-platform programming language created by Larry Wall. The perl-suid wrapper allows the use of setuid perl scripts, i.e. user-callable Perl scripts which have elevated privileges. This function is enabled only if you have the perlsuid USE flag set. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-lang/perl < 5.8.6-r3 >= 5.8.6-r3 *>= 5.8.5-r4 *>= 5.8.4-r3 *>= 5.8.2-r3 Description =========== perl-suid scripts honor the PERLIO_DEBUG environment variable and write to that file with elevated privileges (CAN-2005-0155). Furthermore, calling a perl-suid script with a very long path while PERLIO_DEBUG is set could trigger a buffer overflow (CAN-2005-0156). Impact ====== A local attacker could set the PERLIO_DEBUG environment variable and call existing perl-suid scripts, resulting in file overwriting and potentially the execution of arbitrary code with root privileges. Workaround ========== You are not vulnerable if you do not have the perlsuid USE flag set or do not use perl-suid scripts. Resolution ========== All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose dev-lang/perl References ========== [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0155 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0155 [ 2 ] CAN-2005-0156 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0156 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-13.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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