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.
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1678-1 New perl packages fix privilege escalation
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1678-2 New perl packages fix regression
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5280 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-700-1 Perl vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:12.751Z

Reserved: 2008-12-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5303

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-12-01T17:30:01.483

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-5303

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-11-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-5303 - Bugzilla

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