CVE-2005-0077: Debian Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The DBI library (libdbi-perl) for Perl allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary PID file.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 3.0 only
  • Gentoo Linux: any version
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 4.0 only
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 4.0 only
  • Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux: version 4.10 only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.