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.

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

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:perl:perl:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-06-23 07:41

Updated : 2017-08-08 01:31

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NVD link : CVE-2008-2827

Mitre link : CVE-2008-2827

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