CVE-2014-5509

NameCVE-2014-5509
Descriptionclipedit in the Clipboard module for Perl allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/clipedit$$.
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
libclipboard-perl (PTS)buster0.19-1fixed
bookworm, bullseye0.27-1fixed
sid, trixie0.29-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libclipboard-perlsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- libclipboard-perl <not-affected> (Fixed with initial upload to Debian)

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