SB2025073128 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for perl
Published: July 31, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-40909)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local user to tamper with application's behavior.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition if a directory handle is open at thread creation. A local user can exploit the race and force the application to load code or access files from unexpected location.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.