CVE-2008-5302

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5302
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-01 17:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in the rmtree function in File::Path 1.08 and 2.07 (lib/File/Path.pm) in Perl 5.8.8 and 5.10.0 allows local users to create arbitrary setuid binaries via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0448, CVE-2004-0452, and CVE-2008-2827. NOTE: this is a regression error related to CVE-2005-0448. It is different from CVE-2008-5303 due to affected versions.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Perl File \ path 1.08 All
Application Perl File \ path 2.07 All
Application Perl Perl 5.10.0 All All All
Application Perl Perl 5.8.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1678-1 perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-700-2: Perl regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
File::Path regression in 5.8.9 | Perl | porters af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gossamer-threads.com Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE Request - cups, dovecot-managesieve, perl, wireshark af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian update for perl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#286905 - perl-modules: File::Path::rmtree makes setuid - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
USN-700-1: Perl vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
APPLE-SA-2010-03-29-1 Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
About the security content of Security Update 2010-002 / Mac OS X v10.6.3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Ubuntu update for perl - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for perl - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
2016-04 Security Bulletin: CTP Series: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTP Series - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
#286922 - perl-modules: File::Path::rmtree removes arbitrary - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-06-07Tomas HogerThis issue has been addressed in perl packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0457.html and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0458.html.

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