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CVE-2004-0452

Published: Dec 31, 2004

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Race condition in the rmtree function in the File::Path module in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets read/write permissions for the world, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories, and possibly read files and directories, via a symlink attack.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

n/a

affected
n/a

References

RHSA-2005:105
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9938
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
RHSA-2005:103
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
55314
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
DSA-620
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
FLSA-2006:152845
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
12991
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
USN-44-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
GLSA-200501-38
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO
12072
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
18517
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA

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