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.
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DSA-1678-1 | New perl packages fix privilege escalation |
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EUVD-2004-0451 | 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. |
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USN-44-1 | perl information leak |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T00:17:14.963Z
Reserved: 2004-05-06T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2004-0452

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2004-12-21T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2004-0452


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