GLSA 202506-10: File-Find-Rule: Shell Injection

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Severity:	normal
Title:	File-Find-Rule: Shell Injection
Date:	06/12/2025
Bugs:	#957182
ID:	202506-10

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in File-Find-Rule, which can lead to shell injection.

Background

File-Find-Rule is an alternative interface to File::Find.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-perl/File-Find-Rule	< 0.350.0	>= 0.350.0	All supported architectures

Description

File-Find-Rule uses the legacy '2-arg' open() call which is susceptible to shell injection via malicious filenames.

Impact

Shell injection may be used to execute arbitrary code using a malicious filename.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All File-Find-Rule users should upgrade to the latest version:

          # emerge --sync
          # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-perl/File-Find-Rule-0.350.0"

References

CVE-2011-10007

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202506-10.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.