CVE-2008-5303

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32980
• http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1678
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/28/2
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286905
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6680
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=286922#36
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33314
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9699
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500210/100/0/threaded
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-700-2
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
• http://secunia.com/advisories/40052
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0458.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47044
• http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735
• http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/perl/porters/233695#233695
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:116

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