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perl: insecure temp file creation

Package(s):perl CVE #(s):CAN-2004-0976
Created:November 2, 2004 Updated:December 7, 2004
Description: Trustix Secure Linux has discovered some vulnerabilities in the perl package. The utility "instmodsh", the Perl package "PPPort.pm", and several test scripts (which are not shipped and only used during build) created temporary files in an insecure way, which could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program, or building the perl package, respectively.
Alerts:
Gentoo 200412-04 2004-12-07
Ubuntu USN-16-1 2004-11-02

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