| Name | CVE-2017-6512 |
| Description | Race condition in the rmtree and remove_tree functions in the File-Path module before 2.13 for Perl allows attackers to set the mode on arbitrary files via vectors involving directory-permission loosening logic. |
| 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) |
| References | DLA-978-1, DSA-3873-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 863870 |
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 | 5.32.1-4+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.32.1-4+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 5.34.0-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| perl | source | wheezy | 5.14.2-21+deb7u5 | DLA-978-1 | ||
| perl | source | jessie | 5.20.2-3+deb8u7 | DSA-3873-1 | ||
| perl | source | (unstable) | 5.24.1-3 | 863870 |
https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=121951
https://github.com/jkeenan/File-Path/commit/e5ef95276ee8ad471c66ee574a5d42552b3a6af2