RLSA-2025:11805

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:11805
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2025:11805.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2025:11805
Upstream
Published
2025-07-29T13:38:26.982620Z
Modified
2025-07-29T14:03:18.510113Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: perl security update
Details

Perl is a high-level programming language that is commonly used for system administration utilities and web programming.

Security Fix(es):

  • perl: Perl threads have a working directory race condition where file operations may target unintended paths (CVE-2025-40909)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / perl

Package

Name
perl
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/perl?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=4

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4:5.26.3-423.el8_10