CVE-2009-0912 Information

Description

perl-MDK-Common 1.1.11 and 1.1.24 1.2.9 through 1.2.14 and possibly other versions in Mandriva Linux does not properly handle strings when writing them to configuration files which allows attackers to gain privileges via \special characters\ in unspecified vectors.

Reference

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:072 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34089 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0688 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49220