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CVE-2017-6512

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-362

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• File::Path Project File::Path: before 2.13 — fixed in 2.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: File::Path Project File::Path 2.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/JKEENAN/File-Path-2.13/Changes
• http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=153
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99180
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038610
• https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=121951
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-12
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-1/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3625-2/
• http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/JKEENAN/File-Path-2.13/Changes
• http://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=153
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3873

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