Description
Race 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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 2.6/10
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12991
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA--.shtml
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547693019788&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12991
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18517
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55314
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-620Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-38.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-103.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12072
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18650
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9938
- https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-44-1/
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 21, 2004
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified