CVE-2017-6512

medium

Description

Race condition in the rmtree and remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before 2.13 for Perl allows attackers to set the mode on arbitrary files via vectors involving directory-permission loosening logic.

References

Advisories
More

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-12

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038610

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99180

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873

http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=153

http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/JKEENAN/File-Path-2.13/Changes

https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121951

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-06-01

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N