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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201709-12
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Severity: Normal
Title: Perl: Race condition vulnerability
Date: September 17, 2017
Bugs: #620304
ID: 201709-12
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Synopsis
========
A vulnerability in module File::Path for Perl allows local attackers to
set arbitrary mode values on arbitrary files bypassing security
restrictions.
Background
==========
File::Path module provides a convenient way to create directories of
arbitrary depth and to delete an entire directory subtree from the
filesystem.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-lang/perl < 5.24.1-r2 >= 5.24.1-r2
2 perl-core/File-Path < 2.130.0 >= 2.130.0
3 virtual/perl-File-Path < 2.130.0 >= 2.130.0
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3 affected packages
Description
===========
A race condition occurs within concurrent environments. This condition
was discovered by The cPanel Security Team in the rmtree and
remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before 2.13 for Perl.
This is due to the time-of-check-to-time-of-use (TOCTOU) race
condition between the stat() that decides the inode is a directory and
the chmod() that tries to make it user-rwx.
Impact
======
A local attacker could exploit this condition to set arbitrary mode
values on arbitrary files and hence bypass security restrictions.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Perl users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/perl-5.24.1-r2"
All File-Path users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=perl-core/File-Path-2.130.0"
All Perl-File-Path users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=virtual/perl-File-Path-2.130.0"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2017-6512
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6512
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-12
Concerns?
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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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
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Copyright 2017 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/2.5
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