CVE-2008-5303
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 1, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2008
Description
Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 allows local users to to delete arbitrary files 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-2008-5302 due to affected versions.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 32980third-party-advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011
- DSA-1678vendor-advisory
- USN-700-1vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081128 Re: [oss-security] CVE Request - cups, dovecot-managesieve, perl, wiresharkmailing-list
- APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6680vdb-entrysignature
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286922#36
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- 33314third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9699vdb-entrysignature
- 20090120 rPSA-2009-0011-1 perlmailing-list
- USN-700-2vendor-advisory
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- 40052third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2010:0458vendor-advisory
- filepath-rmtree-symlink(47044)vdb-entry
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
- http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695#233695
- MDVSA-2010:116vendor-advisory
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