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Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2014-356
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
3.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that perltidy's make_temporary_filename() function insecurely created temporary files via the use of the tmpnam() function. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack.
Solution
Solution
Run yum update perltidy to update your system.