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CVE-2005-4278 Details

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Perl before 5.8.7-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17232	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml	CVE	Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/20086	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120	CVE	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17232	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/55314	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-14.xml	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/20086	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2119	[email protected]

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
larry wall perl	<= 5.8.6 5.3 5.4 5.4.5 5.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

larry wall perl

<= 5.8.6

5.3

5.4

5.4.5

5.5

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:larry_wall:perl:5.8.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 16, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]