CVE-2008-2827

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-06-23

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Perl (Perl)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=487319
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html
• http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=36982
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30790
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30837
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31687
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020373
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43308
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01025.html