CVE-2008-2827

CVE-2008-2827 involves the rmtree function in File::Path.pm of Perl 5.10. The description indicates a permissions check flaw before performing chmod, enabling local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack. This is a race-condition/permissions bug in the rmtree path...

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...

Perl - rmtree() Function Local Insecure Permissions

Perl - rmtree Function Local Insecure Permissions source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902/info Computers running Perl are prone to a local vulnerability that occurs when handling symbolic links. Attackers can leverage this issue to change the permissions of arbitrary files. Perl 5.10.0 is...

Perl - 'rmtree()' Function Local Insecure Permissions

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29902/info Computers running Perl are prone to a local vulnerability that occurs when handling symbolic links. Attackers can leverage this issue to change the permissions of arbitrary files. Perl 5.10.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. ...

Ubuntu 4.10 : perl vulnerability (USN-94-1)

Paul Szabo discovered another vulnerability in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm. While a process running as root or another user was busy deleting a directory tree, a different user could exploit a race condition to create setuid binaries in this directory tree, provided that he already had...

security flaw

Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm in Perl before 5.8.4 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries in the tree being deleted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0452...

CVE-2005-0448

Race condition in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm in Perl before 5.8.4 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries in the tree being deleted, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0452...

USN-94-1: Perl vulnerability

Paul Szabo discovered another vulnerability in the rmtree function in File::Path.pm. While a process running as root or another user was busy deleting a directory tree, a different user could exploit a race condition to create setuid binaries in this directory tree, provided that he already had...

CVE-2004-0452

CVE-2004-0452 : Race condition in File::Path::rmtree in Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.4 sets world-write permissions, enabling local users to delete arbitrary files/directories and potentially read them via a symlink attack. This is tied to the Perl File::Path module and the rmtree operation. No explicit fi...