| Name | CVE-2005-4217 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| perl (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 5.20.2-3+deb8u13 | fixed |
| stretch | 5.24.1-3+deb9u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts) | 5.24.1-3+deb9u5 | fixed |
| buster | 5.28.1-6+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.32.1-4+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.32.1-4+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.36.0-7+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.38.2-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| perl | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- perl <not-affected> (MacOS specific vulnerability)