CVE-2005-4217

NameCVE-2005-4217
DescriptionPerl 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
perl (PTS)bullseye5.32.1-4+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)5.32.1-4+deb11u4fixed
bookworm5.36.0-7+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie5.40.0-8fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
perlsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- perl <not-affected> (MacOS specific vulnerability)

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