CVE-2004-0452

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.

🔗 References (28)

• cve@mitreftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U
• cve@mitrehttp://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
• cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/12991
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/18517
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/55314
• cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620
• cve@mitrehttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xml
• cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.html
• cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
• cve@mitrehttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
• cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
• cve@mitrehttps://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060101-01-U