Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 and 2.07 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 and 5.10.0 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448, CVE-2004-0452, and CVE-2008-2827. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2005-0448. It is different from CVE-2008-5303 due to affected versions.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Osx Perl | — | Apply OS X security update 2010-002 | Dec 16, 2011 | Dec 1, 2008 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade perlUpgrade perl-suidperl | Dec 1, 2016 | Dec 1, 2008 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade perl | Jul 30, 2024 | Dec 1, 2008 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-lang/perl. | Oct 30, 2017 | Dec 1, 2008 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade perl-suidperlUpgrade perl | Oct 16, 2024 | Dec 1, 2008 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade perl-base-32bitUpgrade perl-32bitUpgrade perlUpgrade perl-docUpgrade perl-base-64bitUpgrade perl-baseUpgrade perl-64bit | Feb 17, 2015 | Dec 1, 2008 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libarchive-tar-perlUpgrade perl-modulesUpgrade libperl5.8 | Nov 8, 2024 | Dec 1, 2008 |
| Vmsa 2010 0013 | — | Upgrade VMware ESX 3.5 to build number 283373Upgrade VMware ESX 4.0 to build number 294855 | Nov 19, 2010 | Dec 1, 2008 |
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