| Name | CVE-2014-2277 |
| Description | The make_temporary_filename 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 740670 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| perltidy (PTS) | bullseye | 20200110-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 20220613-1 | fixed |
| forky, sid, trixie | 20250105-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| perltidy | source | (unstable) | 20130922-1 | | | 740670 |
Notes
[wheezy] - perltidy <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - perltidy <no-dsa> (Minor issue)