CVE-2008-2827

Description

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.

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg01025.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43308

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020373

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:165

http://secunia.com/advisories/31687

http://secunia.com/advisories/30837

http://secunia.com/advisories/30790

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00006.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3