CVE-2004-0452

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-0452
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-21 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.6.1 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.6.1 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA55314 - Oracle Solaris Perl Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Perl: rmtree and DBI tmpfile vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-620-1 perl DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Perl RMTree Local Race Condition Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
20060101-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
Secunia - Advisories - SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates SECUNIA secunia.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2005.001] OpenPKG Security Advisory (perl)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Secunia - Advisories - Perl Multiple Scripts Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities SECUNIA secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found FEDORA fedoranews.org
usn/usn-44-1 - Ubuntu Linux UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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