CVE-2009-0912

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.

Date published : 2009-03-16

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34089

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:072