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🗓️ 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. The package perl version is vulnerable to a race condition in the rmtree function, which allows local users to delete arbitrary files and directories via a symlink attack

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.52215");
  script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-04 20:41:11 +0200 (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0452");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
  script_name("FreeBSD Ports: perl");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdrel");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following package is affected: perl

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.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update your system with the appropriate patches or
  software upgrades.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/18650");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/c418d472-6bd1-11d9-93ca-000a95bc6fae.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
  as announced in the referenced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");

vuln = FALSE;
txt = "";

bver = portver(pkg:"perl");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"0")>=0 && revcomp(a:bver, b:"5.6.2")<0) {
  txt += 'Package perl version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
  vuln = TRUE;
}
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"5.8.0")>=0 && revcomp(a:bver, b:"5.8.6")<0) {
  txt += 'Package perl version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
  vuln = TRUE;
}

if(vuln) {
  security_message(data:txt);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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26 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 22.6
EPSS0.00402
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