| Name | CVE-2005-4217 |
| Description | Perl in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 does not properly drop privileges when using the "$<" variable to set uid, which allows attackers to gain privileges. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | high |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| perl (PTS) | stretch | 5.24.1-3+deb9u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 5.24.1-3+deb9u5 | fixed | |
| buster | 5.28.1-6+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.32.1-2 | fixed | |
| sid | 5.32.1-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| perl | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
- perl <not-affected> (MacOS specific vulnerability)