Vulnerabilities > Larry Wall > Perl > 5.6.1

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2005-12-16 CVE-2005-4278 Packages Insecure RUNPATH vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Perl before 5.8.7-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.
local
low complexity
larry-wall
7.2
2005-02-09 CVE-2004-0976 Insecure Temporary File Creation vulnerability in Perl
Multiple scripts in the perl package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 through 2.1 and other operating systems allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
local
low complexity
larry-wall
2.1
2004-12-31 CVE-2004-2286 Integer Overflow vulnerability in Multiple Perl Implementation Duplication Operator
Integer overflow in the duplication operator in ActivePerl allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large multiplier, which may trigger a buffer overflow.
network
low complexity
activestate larry-wall
7.5
2004-12-21 CVE-2004-0452 Local Race Condition vulnerability in Perl RMTree
Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack.
local
high complexity
larry-wall
2.6