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CVE-2008-2827
Published: Jun 23, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448 and CVE-2004-0452.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
SUSE-SR:2008:017
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
FEDORA-2008-5739
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
29902
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
MDVSA-2008:165
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982
x_refsource_MISC
31687
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319
x_refsource_CONFIRM
1020373
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
30790
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
30837
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
perl-filepath-rmtree-symlink(43308)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
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