CVE-2011-4363

LOW 2.6CVE-2011-4363 · Published 07/10/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-4363 is a LOW (CVSS 2.6) vulnerability affecting proc (frii).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.30%, higher than 23.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
proc frii	`= 0.45`	No fix yet

Description

ProcessTable.pm in the Proc::ProcessTable module 0.45 for Perl, when TTY information caching is enabled, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/TTYDEVS.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/47015
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/2
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/30/3
osvdb.org/77428
securityfocus.com/bid/50868
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html

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