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CVE-2013-4184

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Perl module Data::UUID from CPAN version 1.219 vulnerable to symlink attacks

Affected products

• Data::Uuid Project Data::Uuid: before 1.224 — fixed in 1.224
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Data::Uuid Project Data::Uuid 1.224. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/31/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61534
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4184
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4184
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-4184
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86103
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3F2KOK2SM2LFI4BNFOVV2G2XVJQBIMZL/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DTKH3TWUOXBAAZST7364UVZ4UPH4CEO7/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MATNG5VP46SXJB2JHAI2LXPUXCYUOYPE/
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4184
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/31/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61534

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