CVE-2005-4217 - CVE Reference - Advisories

CVE Reference: CVE-2005-4217

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Description: Perl in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.9 does not properly drop privileges when using the "$<" variable to set uid, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/23561 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA17922 Secunia Advisory: SA19064 OSVDB 21800 CONFIRM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303382 CERT http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-062A.html BID 15833 16907 APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Mar/msg00000.html

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