CVE-2005-0448

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0448
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:29:00 UTC
DescriptionRace 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.0 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.1 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.0 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.1 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.3 All All All
Application Larry Wall Perl 5.8.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Perl 'rmdir()' Local Race Condition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Security Advisory SA55314 - Oracle Solaris Perl Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Perl "File::Path::rmtree" Directory Permissions Race Condition SECUNIA secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update perl SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Perl: rmtree and DBI tmpfile vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Malformed Request HP www.securityfocus.com
20060101-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
Secunia - Advisories - SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for perl SECUNIA secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
USN-94-1: Perl vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-696-1 perl DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
404 Not Found FEDORA fedoranews.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report