UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2277

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2277
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2277.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2277
Upstream
Published
2017-10-17T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:47:52.871273Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

The maketemporaryfilename function in perltidy 20120701-1 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack, related to use of the tmpnam function.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / perltidy

Package

Name
perltidy
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/perltidy@20140328-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
20140328-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "perltidy",
            "binary_version": "20140328-1"
        }
    ]
}