CVE-2008-5302

perl: File:: Path rmtree race condition (CVE-2005-0448) reintroduced after upstream rebase to 5.8.8-1

Published Dec 1, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Race 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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1678-1 New perl packages fix privilege escalation
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1678-2 New perl packages fix regression
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-5279 Race 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-700-1 Perl vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:49 AM
Reserved
Dec 1, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 1, 2008, 5:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Nov 19, 2008, 12:00 AM